…Mahonia eurybracta ‘Soft Caress’ – a few plants the rabbits missed. Mahonia eurybracta ‘Soft Caress’ Mahonia eurybracta ‘Soft Caress’ Saxifraga ‘Black Ruby’ – flowers fade rapidly from red to pink….

…before mid-November! Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ now full out in the nursery and the garden. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ The bonfire of the fallen beech tree continues…

…pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’. Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ starting to turn properly autumnal. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ just out in flower. Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’…

…Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus Good autumn colour on Pistacia chinensis. Pistacia chinensis Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’ nicely in flower – no prickles on the leaves! Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft…

…down conclusively in the reference books? growing in a long line on tree roots by the look of it. milkcap milkcap Some sort of puffball? Possibly stump puffball or soft…

…early in view of how late these trees were into leaf after The Beast. Seed heads Seed heads I always have a soft spot for the (now) wild growing yellow…

…but plants not so soft. Hamamelis quite perfect and not touched. 1930 – JCW Much as on January 27th 1924 but more C speciosa in, H mollis over but H…

…The frost had burst its sap and in May it died to the ground. It broke again and made shoots of 2ft by October but very soft. 1925 – JCW…

…good. 1899 – JCW Made my first cross max x cycl. 1897 – JCW A week of soft weather, Hepatica angulosa, Chimodoxa out, first Caerhays daff shows colour, white hoop…

…small tree? Ucodendron whartonii Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile with attractive flower buds and soft new growth. A very compact and neat small rounded shrub. Daphniphyllum macropodum var. humile Daphniphyllum macropodum…