…the winter with ice on the edge of the lawn. ice First and only flower so far on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Aesculus wangii turning colour quickly now….

…caveana Quercus insignis is finally getting going after a wet summer. Still some dieback from last winter evident here and there. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis I see in ‘New Trees’…

…the tree has put its energy into recovery and reducing dieback. Magnolia dawsoniana The slugs are already turning the magnolia leaves nearest the ground into (winter) skeletons by removing the…

…to the leaves. Sorbus hemsleyanus ‘John Bond’ Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’. Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’ Sorbus ‘Leonard Messel’. Sorbus ‘Leonard Messel’ Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ just finishing flowering. Mahonia x media…

…100 young ones. Some may well have kits in dreys and hollow trees already in such a mild winter. So far only a few have been caught but food is…

…azalea in the flesh! Rather battered even in a mild winter. Camellia azalea Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ a new one for me and a bicolor. Camellia reticulata ‘Mystique’ 2023 – CHW…

…away out to sea in the autumn but this last crop stayed all winter. Will the mother return? Is the newly arrived swan her former mate? It will be interesting…

…‘Melina’ 2019 – CHW I think those fuchsias beside the house have flowered all autumn and all winter. Now they are off again. Just shows what an ultra-mild winter means….

…‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to pollard this tree in the autumn. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Very good deep yellow flowers on Berberis wilsoniae. Berberis wilsoniae Berberis wilsoniae Then another…

…likely that medical care is hardly necessary for the vast majority of people who are infected.No worse than a bout of winter flu as I speculated in this diary five…