…will still recover. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata The mini digger has made a good job of levelling the top path in Old Park. Top path The Forestry Commission have asked…

…up. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata What is left this year of the two good Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings A rather better sky today to show off Magnolia campbellii…

…flower stem as well which is most unusual for the first week in March. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata A young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ flowering away below White Stiles. young Magnolia…

…about out 1902 large scale Gunnera beds in Old Park. They have demonstrably not spread or invaded anything in 122 years and yet Gunnera manicata x Gunnera tinctoria hybrids are…

…‘Kubishi-modoki’ nearly out. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishi-modoki’ What growth the Gunnera manicata bed has made in a week. Huge flower heads now as well. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata Magnolia x soulangeana…

…if you prefer) viscosum The Gunnera manicata clump has its toes in a spring. Gunnera manicata Gunnera manicata This Quercus acuta was stripped of every branch it had by a…

…manicata Gunnera manicata A magnolia has split in half on the top path preventing me proceeding to inspect the squirrel traps. Some rather dodgy reversing then needed. A magnolia has…

…entrance The huge Gunnera manicata rhizomes in the show tunnel are waking up for Chelsea! Gunnera manicata rhizomes Gunnera manicata rhizomes Nandina domestica in the show tunnel is one of…

…manicata beds are suffering here and there. Gunnera manicata Dieback, leaf drop, and death in young magnolias. The plants put in this spring in sunny spots are all nearly dead…

…more to come. Particularly the original Magnolia campbellii Alba (one of three overall) is enjoying the removal of the tree canopy and has loads of bud.The Gunnera manicata beds are…

…by Chelsea if not sold first. digitalis Heuchera ‘Blondie’ in full flower. Heuchera ‘Blondie’ Gunnera manicata grown through myopex with some frost damage. Gunnera manicata The New Zealand acers which…

…Ferris Miller’ which is always attractive at this time of the year. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ The Gunnera manicata bed in Old Park collapses…

…purpurea ‘Nancy Saunders’ Salix purpurea ‘Nancy Saunders’ The Gunnera manicata beds are growing inches a day as this very wet, but mild, period continues. Gunnera manicata Rhododendron strigillosum with one…

…much frosted Gunnera manicata clump above the viscosum looks absolutely fine now. Gunnera manicata A Corylus avellana ‘Red Majestic’, with its contorted branches, is growing nicely but, from below the…

…Hillier’s but John Hillier and many others failed to identify or recognise it over many years. Vaccinum urceolatum Vaccinum urceolatum Strangely the huge Gunnera manicata bed in Old Park has…

…out:Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Even the Gunnera manicata bed is badly frosted. Gunnera manicata This mystery rhododendron…

…patch on the top path. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedlings The first leaves appearing on Gunnera manicata in February! Gunnera manicata A young plant of Nigel Holman’s Magnolia ‘Hawk’ with a huge…

…Street.Gunnera manicata and snowdrops below the old hunt kennels in a bog. They have thrived here for generations despite frequent inundations. Gunnera manicata and snowdrops Early signs of leaves shooting…

…‘Trewithen Blue’ Snowdrops amid the Gunnera manicata plantation below Kitchen Garden. Snowdrops Frankie was working on a Saturday and had cleared the old Camellia japonica above the Old Kennels. Space…

…Gunnera manicata are now condemned to die as invasive weeds. Where are the signs of invasiveness after 120 years? There are none.Barking, woke, nonsense yet again from Mr. Weed’s Royal…