…The larger seeds are viable. Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus A fine crop of tree fern seedlings in the quarry. Asia and Cressy need to dig these over the winter and…

…will not get fined (providing you have paid!). In winter we will not charge for the first hour but then perhaps £1.00 per day.There will probably be an uproar from…

…Halesia macgregorii Plenty of swelling buds and a full set of leaves so far this winter on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ by Georges Hut. Totally defoliated but quite unhurt in…

…duclouxii Catalpa duclouxii 2022 – CHW More North in the wind today and the first cold snap of winter well underway.New gutters up on the Tin Garden shed but still…

…‘Winter Orange’ splendid in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Storm Bella has partially blown over our Trachycarpus wagnerianus trunk. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Flowers, high up, on Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’. Camellia…

…flower high up. Crug Farm do supply enormous plants. Should I pollard this back I wonder? Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia Ilex chapaensis with some winter dieback. (HWJ 946). Not that…

…seed heads on Viburnum betulifolium are ripe and some have dropped although this plant usually carries its berries well on into winter. The best plants I know are at Trewithen…

…of their winter sheds. They had a tremendous fight and made a fair mess in the field as you can see but have now settled down. bulls Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’…

…have at least half a dozen flower stems appearing with one showing colour. Not quite as early as last year but another product of a mild winter. Arum lillies And…

…Main Quarry. Nothing doing here yet and no hint of colour. Sapium sebiferum hated last winter and looked sickly in the spring but has enjoyed the heat and recovered well….