…very close to Rhododendron virgatum I think on the corner of Burns Bank. I had not thought before about what it might be. It’s a very ancient plant. Rhododendron virgatum…

…Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Rhododendron ‘Yaku Fairy’ Last few flowers on an elderly and dying Rhododendron virgatum. Rhododendron virgatum Rhododendron ‘Michael’s Pride’ and Rhododendron veitchiorum superb together on…

…flower. I hope Cressy grabs the seed when ripe as they are very easy to grow. Cardiocrinum giganteum Gomphostigma virgatum is a new addition to the 2025 catalogue. A South…

…rusty metal girder rusty metal girder Dry rot that had been treated in a beam and is not ‘active’. Dry rot This lead pipe had bowed out and was leaking…

…John Burford has made and replaced the metal fencing at The Vean which was smashed down last winter by a falling branch from a pollarded Quercus ilex. John has a…

…made some new metal hinges for the gardeners sheds. new metal hinges A most unusual red ring in the bark of the dead Daphniphyllum macropodum on the drive which was…

…The roof casing is lead and this heavy structure seems inadequately supported. The four wooden supports seem rotten but, hopefully, there is metal within them? Very inaccessible. The clock is…

…seedlings This jaguar car appeared with a shooting party. jaguar car Later that evening in the dark the owner ploughed through the fence beside Beach Meadow. We have metal posts…

…cars. He offers £4-5k for the two heavy white metal seats which came originally from The Rising Sun in St Mawes, and are now outside the front door, but we…

…The new sculpture at the southern edge of the garden made from old metal parkland fencing posts. Odd but each to his own! sculpture 2021 – CHW Picked up the…

…securing £30 perhaps. Nobody saw nothing of course as is always the way with minor rural crime of this sort. The new metal cover replacement will be harder to break…

…Grove’ of yellow magnolias. Jim’s ‘Gardiner Grove’ Jim’s ‘Gardiner Grove’ This metal box was once a Hampton Court display before it moved to Borde Hill. You put your head through…

…metal Harrod wisteria frame. Wisteria venusta Wisteria venusta This will be the site of the new Harrod herbaceous garden to highlight and photograph the use of their plant supports. Quite…

…as this. I saw colour here at least a week ago. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron schlippenbachii with its ‘full metal jacket’. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ turning nicely on…

…can still just be seen today at low water from the cliffs above. Much of the metal infrastructure from the vessel was eventually salvaged by winch up over the cliff…

…‘Midwinter Fire’ looking splendid. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Roses trained up a metal Harrod Horticultural support. Roses trained up Quercus alnifolia with some leaves intact. Quercus…

…Treberrick which took 3 people and a digger 3 days to resolve in a field of winter corn. Major pipe replacement of old metal pipe now needed. Chasing water leaks…

…next drought. When finished we will have 5 new water tanks in place in the garden. One of these existed in past decades as a metal tank but had rotted…

…of seed this year. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus A large Ilex oak has split in half at The Vean and, annoyingly, smashed the posh metal fence. Quite a bit to…

…well in shade beside the Burncoose mist houses. Clerodendron bungei One of the wooden glasshouses used for propagation has been recovered in polythene with metal supports. This has cost £200…