…worse than this in 1963. tree fern tree fern The Champion Tree, Lithocarpus pachyphyllus, also has windblown green leaves carpeting the ground. I doubt that this will hurt it much….

…be difficult and time consuming with such a prickly tree (last time I photographed these two trees I got the naming the wrong way around). A spreading tree with no…

…Drift’ – very few tepals in this one compared to all the others. Pretty in its own way and worth its place on the drive by the fernery. Nicer than…

…towers over tree ferns. huge Eucalyptus globulus huge Eucalyptus globulus huge Eucalyptus globulus Saprophytic ferns grow on the tree trunks – perhaps a polypodium leaf? Saprophytic ferns Tree ferns abound…

…on a tree fern trunk outside the potting shed is an unusual find. I wonder what it is as the leaves have some hairs and it definitely is not Rhododendron…

…the norm. Stewartia pteropetiolata Leaf drop under Rhododendron falconeri as the flowering finishes. Leaf drop under Rhododendron falconeri Another story for Kate. This is the tree fern where my brother…

…lucidus. Euonymus lucidus Another fallen beech tree cleared up in the Rookery. The trunk is inside the laurel hedge so can rot away on its own. fallen beech tree fallen…

…and the Podo salignus trees definitely aren’t latifolia. I’m not sure what it is though, one for Susyn to return to. The small tree which was a gift possibly from…

…‘Charles Dickens’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Charles Dickens’ Hypericum canariense nearly over. Hypericum canariense A specialist tree surgeon had operated on all the Phoenix canariensis to tidily remove all the old leaves…

…half last Sunday. Not too much mess! youngish beech tree youngish beech tree The last elderly 120 year old beech tree has also been felled in the new clearance by…

…(NMWJ 14513) 2024 – CHW A rather good idea for a squirrel trap on a tree. squirrel trap on a tree squirrel trap on a tree A seagull eats a…

…the moss at the base of an elderly sweet chestnut tree. Tree fern seedlings The sweet chestnut is dying of old age and these two sets of fungi are starting…

…a yew tree nearby and presumably a mouse or a squirrel hid the seed here. Tree ferns in the quarry Tree ferns in the quarry A Parrotia subaequalis above Quarry…

…into Vernicia fordii which Asia has grown from seed. It is not listed in Hillier’s or New Trees. V. fordii is the Tung tree from S. China, Vietnam and Burma….

…beech branch brought down an oak tree beech branch brought down an oak tree beech branch brought down an oak tree The first phase of the new rhododendron planting above…

…record tree so we are not alone in misnaming it. Merits more research. Even if we are wrong in maturity the trees do not look that different. In immaturity the…

…tree fern. The nest is badly made and falling to pieces. pigeon’s nest Cornus kousa ‘Weberiana’ has a graceful shape. Cornus kousa ‘Weberiana’ Attractive new growth on Nyssa sinensis ‘Jim…

…Burgundy’ 2023 – CHW A tree fern growing well in the centre of a rotting oak tree stump. tree fern Clearing the run off ditches before Storm Ciaran. run off…

…‘Autumn Gold’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus nimpoli…

…beech tree trunk over the river below Brownberry, removed stump and all, by Frankie’s mighty machine. A large beech tree trunk A large beech tree trunk Another recently fallen beech…