…magnolias They more of less full the bottom end of the Kitchen Garden above the Old Dog Kennels. bottom end of the Kitchen Garden Prunus ‘Kursar’ out below the tower….

…last night. This morning they appear to be eyeing up the very tallest battlements on the Rabbit Warren tower. Presumably they have old nests there or they will simply colonise…

…Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera 2016 – CHW Below the tower today with lots to see.Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ has turned a brownish yellow in this autumn. An odd…

…their own. It remains to be seen if Mr Rentokill’s new treatment around the windows will stop the normal October upsurge in cluster flies on the curtains in the tower…

…The bell itself is dated 1813. Scaffolding Caerhays Bell – 1813 Caerhays Bell in Tower 2015 – CHW No diary entry for 2015. 1995 – FJW November Pink and Noblissima…

…edible fruit occasionally in this hot spot. aroma and currants to go in now with a few lotus trees Nearest the Jacobean watch tower will be the spot for the…

…Hedychium Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) planted in 2020 below the tower now has 3 white flowers. Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ This is what a welcome half an inch of rain…

…was a nice experiment! 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster franchetii with its usual display below the tower. These fruits get carried by birds and mammals into cavities in walls and under…

…or Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Lady Cynthia Carew Pole’s day lilies as good as over by the tower. The original names long last but I try to…

…assumed it was blackthorn or sloe (Prunus spinosa) but, close up, these are small hedgerow cherries with striped cherry bark and no thorns. The blackthorn is growing in amongst the…