…2 and the end of our shooting season.The black ram in this group of rams is a (castrated) ‘teaser’. black ram As last year, a few decent flowers still on…

…closely related Dacrycarpus dacrydioides. Tiny fleshy red fruits with one or more black seeds on top. Not all the ‘seeds’ are ripe as you can see. This appears to be…

…pink sasanqua A young blackbird digging through the newly laid mulch in the border opposite the Camellia sasanquas. young blackbird 2017 – CHW A few other oddments on Burns Bank…

…as last year, on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. This plant has an endless flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ A very black cock pheasant by Tin Garden. very black cock…

…replace the current and very old black plastic one which is likely to leak and fail soon. car park 2019 – CHW Idesia polycarpa with flowers just coming out. The…

…leaves. I thought earlier that there were no seeds set in the huge seed heads and this looks correct. Some are now black and rotten on the tree but one…

…It comes from the Azores and only one of the three original plantings has made a decent plant. More or less evergreen with black fruits. Vaccinum cylindraeceum Vaccinum cylindraeceum Vaccinum…

…coming into flower. Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ and Magnolia dawsoniana. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ is nearly black in bud. Far better than M. ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia ‘Genie’…

…Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia ‘Anne Leitner’ Magnolia ‘Vulcans Forge’ flowering for the first time. Magnolia ‘Vulcans Forge’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia…

…Camellia ‘Kitty’ Styrax americanus has struggled with dieback in the exposed Isla Rose Plantation. Wrong place for it. Styrax americanus The odd new bit of reversion on Quercus cerris ‘Variegata’…