…chienii with attractive new growth. Pseudotaxus chienii New growth on a young Carya ovata. Carya ovata 2022 – CHW Jaimie sends me this picture of a blackbird nesting for the…

…party at 9am. Mrs Williams Blackmore and Langdons delphiniums and begonias as splendid as ever. What nice people they are! Blackmore and Langdons The RHS woody plant committee visits the…

…closely related Dacrycarpus dacrydioides. Tiny fleshy red fruits with one or more black seeds on top. Not all the ‘seeds’ are ripe as you can see. This appears to be…

…from the grower says it should have a blacker stem? Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Agapanthus ‘Graphite White’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Magical Tinkerbell’. An odd name for a rather indifferent flower! Hydrangea arborescens…

…pink sasanqua A young blackbird digging through the newly laid mulch in the border opposite the Camellia sasanquas. young blackbird 2017 – CHW A few other oddments on Burns Bank…

…as last year, on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. This plant has an endless flowering season. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ A very black cock pheasant by Tin Garden. very black cock…

…well from dieback. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ Quercus liebmannii getting going two years from planting. A gift from Thomas Methuen-Campbell. Quercus liebmannii Quercus liebmannii Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’…

…on a tree squirrel trap on a tree A seagull eats a pigeon. It’s actually the odious black backed gull and this took place in Bristol where RJW photographed it….

…2 and the end of our shooting season.The black ram in this group of rams is a (castrated) ‘teaser’. black ram As last year, a few decent flowers still on…

…leaves. I thought earlier that there were no seeds set in the huge seed heads and this looks correct. Some are now black and rotten on the tree but one…