…Big leaf rhododendrons hate the cold and droop their leaves in protest when the weather is as it has been. Big leaf rhododendrons Some have also been shredded in the…

…no frost yet.Fatsia polycarpa now out. Too big a plant now to photograph easily. Fatsia polycarpa Another Schefflera rhododendrifolia (CWJ 9075) which I had forgotten about has a very different…

…Rhododendron niveum. Rhododendron niveum The party in front of Drimys andina. Drimys andina Huge big leaf seedlings in full flower touching the edge of the loch. Huge big leaf seedlings…

…2020 – CHW A big excitement today as Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrid opens its first of just two flowers. For a first time ever flowering this is quite a large…

…paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Very first (and earlier than usual) flowers on Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’. Eucryphia ‘Nymansay’ A good show on Catalpa bignonoides. Catalpa bignonoides Catalpa bignonoides I was wrong about Hydrangea…

…big bonfire in the gardens today clearing a large dead Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ which was planted below Slip Rail some 50 to 60 years ago as part of a clump….

…williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ First flowers just out on Daphne ‘Jacqueline Postill’. A bit later than usual. Daphne ‘Jacqueline Postill’ First snowdrops just about out 2 days ago. The big clumps…

…good suckering and spreading plant for a cold, shady and trampled area. Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna A big tidy up for opening….

…small hole soon becomes a bigger one. These may be boring pictures for readers of the diary but they are an interesting historic record of the state of the wall…

…new growth on the lawn edge. Pseudocydonia sinensis Then a big surprise. A few freak flowers on the Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ on the front of Burncoose House. Despite all…