…‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of red and green. A tall growing species…

…now enormous and covered in flower in the greenhouse. Hoya carnosa Camellia costei with reddish new growth in the greenhouse. Camellia costei And Camellia parvilimba is the same. Camellia parvilimba…

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The first small flower on our new Hedychium greenii. It will get better I suspect! Hedychium greenii 2019 – CHW The Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ which looked so fine…

…eight to ten weeks. sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps sasanquas at the top of the greenhouse steps Sarcococca wallichii not quite out in flower yet in the…

…The first snowdrops really are out. snowdrops The Trevanion holly on the drive is shedding a lot of green leaves. We have seen this before on common hollies in damp…

…still green. Sorbus wardii Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ with plenty of seed heads forming. Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ Bronzy secondary growth on Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’. Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ Betula insignis ‘Fansipanensis’ Interesting…

…with light green rounded leaves on arching stems. Cotoneaster fangianus Cotoneaster fangianus Euonymus wilsonii now in full flower and rather striking for a euonymus. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus wilsonii The new…

…place. Rhododendron ponticum Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree, planted in 2018 to commemorate 100 years at The Cottage, continues to grow well. Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree Plenty of Lesser…

…time properly here and most impressive Crataegus chilensis Cupressus torulosa with numerous cones still green as yet. Cupressus torulosa The best show of berries so far seen on Cornus hemsleyi….

…a pot and only outside the greenhouse in the summer. The first ever walnut was developing. Juglans neotropica 2023 – CHW Viburnum sambucinum about to flower for the first time…