…– JCW German line on the Somme is now bending under heavy French and English attack. 1914 – JCW The solanums on the big wall are very fine, cyclamen very…

…and straw in – big rain hold up for fortnight and last 3 ½ acres. 1916 – JCW The following rhodo’s with bits of flower open – R scintillans, 10333….

…Three more big ones, a sycamore and an ash still to go. beech tree This Clethra pringleyi is still not quite out in flower although another plant has already finished….

…nursery. A well-known Belgian wholesale nursery declined our £20k spring order due to Brexit. Will they relent now, as most big European nurseries have already done, and include our Caerhays…

…1 Nothofagus obliqua 2 Nothofagus menzeseii 2 Nothofagus procera 1 Nothofagus solandrii 1 Nothofagus antarctica ½ Nothofagus cliffortioidesBig group Eucryphia cordifolia Eucryphia nymansensis Magnolia salicifolia Abies nordmanniiAcer henryi Knocked out…

…green and yellow new growth appears. Olearia solandrii Olearia solandrii Olearia solandrii Saw yet another big deer just above the Auklandii Garden even though Kerry was working nearby. The dogs…

…In the clearing above the original Magnolia campbellii a tiny spring rises to create a boggy area where everything we have planted has quickly died from waterlogging; especially big leafed…

…from Holland, Belgium and Switzerland or as gifts from gardening friends and Burncoose have yet to be potted on. These are mostly two to three years away from being big…

…door now that they are all full out and a delight on the new uncut backs. I think this is Centaurea scabiosa or Greater Knapweed. One big clump on its…

…fortunei I was only looking at a big tree in full flower at Ventnor last week and here is our own Myoporum laetum with a few flowers. What looks a…