…are all in the game even picking them from the bush. dogs have taken to eating camellia flowers 2018 – CHW The last bits of snow outside the front door…

…japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ Ripe berries on Ilex kingiana. Normally we see those a bit later in the year. Ilex kingiana 2022 –…

…‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ A strange white mould on the trunk of an elderly magnolia. I don’t think it is doing any harm. strange white mould…

…BT advertise widely their 24 hour guarantee to all business customers. The reality is that they are completely useless and we will enjoy making a claim against them. Meanwhile all…

…Few plants have longer lasting flowers! Lapageria ‘Picotee’ White argymanthemum full out! A clear sign of no frost yet. White argymanthemum 1996 – FJW Very similar to 1986 – but…

…intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ still with plenty of flower (hesperantha now of course!). Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ full out for Chrismas. Erica x darleyensis ‘White…

…light to grow taller. Pruned trees Eucalyptus simmosii with its flowers still in tight bud as they have been for some months. I have kept looking over the years but…

…Camellia cuspidata in the Rookery. All a bit battered. Camellia cuspidata The large dead white Rhododendron arboreum all cleared on Burns Bank. Rhododendron arboreum Euonymus moupinensis (E. echinatus) with attractive…

…bird boxes new bird boxes new bird boxes A full day at Burncoose plotting this year’s planting programme and picking out the plants from the nursery. Cornus officinalis looking rather…

…the Ilex collection here. Ilex colchica Ilex colchica The new water tank at George’s Hut. new water tank at George’s Hut A single large white flower on an (unknown) evergreen…

…flowers now out on Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’. It has not been rushing which may mean cold weather is coming. Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ A newly bought in Camellia x…

…is a male form and we have, as yet, no female in the garden. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ 2016 – CHW Hawthorn breaking into leaf this…

…‘Bressingham White’ Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’ Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ – absurdly early. Centranthus ruber ‘Coccineus’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’ Camellia ‘Souvenir de Behaud Litou’…

…‘Blue Diamond’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ is growing into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Crystal Chalice’ Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ just showing. Magnolia kobus ‘White Elegance’ Another young Pinus radiata snapped off…

…gave us a plant a few years ago. White flowers before the leaves appear. Enkianthus serrulatus Rehderodendron kwangtungense with no discernible autumn colour as yet and no seeds this year…

…are white (with dark blotching in the trumpets). This is very premature but only the pink ones are yet breaking bud. Rhododendron moorii Rhododendron moorii Rhododendron moorii 2016 – CHW…

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…in the squirrel traps as the maize is not attracting them any more. sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps sunflower seeds in the squirrel traps A blackbird with white markings…

…suddenly full out.Rhododendron siderophyllum, the pinker form, is full out beyond the Rockery. The white forms seem some way off coming out yet. Rhododendron siderophyllum Rhododendron siderophyllum A seedling of…

…After static period, the garden advances – I fear too fast. 1942 – CW Hoofedicoat and white Narcissus out in Tin Garden – several Sutuenense hybrids and Blood Red –…