23rd November

…catkins. Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ Betula luminifera ‘White House Farm’ 2018 – CHW Strong easterly gales persist.A week or 10 days on the autumn…

2nd September

…a fallen beech tree stump. huge wasps nest The ground is covered with fallen white petals under an Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. fallen white petals There was a hornets nest…

21st February

…true. Rhododendron arboreum subsp delavayi Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ with yellow berries on Sinogrande Walk. Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just coming out on the drive. Ribes sanguineum ‘White

11th June

…Cart Road. Viburnum parvifolium Aesculus turbinata in flower by the 4-in-Hand. Aesculus turbinata Pink and white forms of Azalea viscosum in Old Park. Pink and white forms of Azalea viscosum…

24th February

…just coming out. Some light pink in the bud opening white. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ The view from the drive over to Giddle Orchard and the Kitchen Garden. view from…

13th January

…sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ just out but frosted. Ribes sanguineum ‘White Icicle’ 2020 – CHW The new bait in the squirrel traps is showing signs of working immediately! Sunflower seeds are…

27th July

…finished flowering already. Solanum laciniatum (white form) as its absolute best today. Solanum laciniatum (white form) I spy the first flowers out on Hoheria sexstylosa. Weeks ahead of Caerhays. Hoheria…

20th January

…and nearly always early. No flowers showing last Sunday. Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’ The lichen on its trunk is spectacular. lichen An original Magnolia…

30th January

…2017 – CHW The first magnolia has just come out and it is Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ 2016 – CHW Yet more…

24th September

…most of its flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ with a second crop of new white flowers alongside the faded flush of its first performance. Hydrangea ‘Madame…