…are up in the water meadows with 200 or so gulls including a few horrid black-backed gulls. Clearly resting inland after the many recent gales. A pity I do not…

…by mail order or to nursery visitors. Corokias and Coprosmas Corokias and Coprosmas Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ now with ripe black berries. Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ superb…

…orientalis with pink tinged anthers showing from the flower heads and then white flowers. Sarcococca orientalis Sarcococca orientalis Sarcococca wallichii flowers are over but the odd black berry remains. Sarcococca…

…do not match Tom’s plant. If ours grows as big as his in 25 years we have this in the wrong place! Ternstroemia gymnanthera No idea how to name this…

…only slightly black stems as yet but they seem to be darkening. Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Pleioblastus hindsii –…

…put together for the 30 year celebration next spring. The walled garden where filming took place. walled garden Dahlia imperialis still a long way off flowering. Dahlia imperialis A fine…

…ago that we were admiring the black seeds and collecting them from this very rare plant. Vaccinum urceolatum 2017 – CHW An update on the newer climbing hydrangeas on the…

…covered in secondary flowers. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Ficus pumila with a large crop of ripe blue/black figs. Far more than I have ever seen before on this…

…the near black of ‘Nigra’. This is a very elderly plant growing near The Hovel on the drive. As good a show in nearly full shade as I have seen….

…what looks like male flowers surrounding a single female flower. However I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies…