…hedge The last four still to go. still to go 2020 – CHW Cyclamen still in flower on the bank and around the summerhouse. Cyclamen Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ I…

…wall. magnolias above the wall magnolias above the wall Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ full out on the top wall and still in leaf after this mild winter. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Flowers…

…reticulata ‘Royalty’ Badger damage to the lawn is dreadful. I have seen this before but not in winter. Badger damage Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles Raffill’ over the ruin. Magnolia campbellii ‘Charles…

…winter mess here to clear up but no new planting places. It has hurt Lord Falmouth’s Liquidamber a bit. Another good clump of Rhododendron maddenii near The Pound. Rhododendron maddenii…

…winter in the farmyard. farmyard farmyard farmyard We are going to be short of straw this winter and will need to buy some more in after the dry weather reduced…

…Perhaps they disliked the mild wet winter? I do not remember a year when they have flowered so sparsely. I was pushed to find any flowers at all on Styrax…

…is usually one of the very first japonicas to perform outside by Christmas. A good colour in September! Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Winter’s Interlude’ (c. oleifera hybrid) Camellia ‘Winter’s Interlude’ One…

…According to the 2008 planting plan it is an FJW hybrid between decorum and ‘Winter Intruder’ which seems improbable. Only one of the three in the clump is out and…

…over?The Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ which was felled by a large leylandii in the winter has reshot with great vigour. We saw this three months ago. It is in a…

…damage from last winter. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Arisaema going to seed? Arisaema Salvia cacaliifolia – introduced 1858. Salvia cacaliifolia Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’. Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs…