…ride. Its a bit thin on top but, as usual, Dicksonia antarctica lives up to its name for indestructability It came through worse than this in 1963. tree fern tree…

…yet very good, Coums nice, Ericas good, the first seedling trumpet show colour. 1907 – JCW Measured Tree Fern frond broken by recent wind 10 feet 6 in by 3…

…had forgotten about near the Top Lodge. Mahonia lomariifolia Another unidentified Sorbus near the Top Lodge. unidentified Sorbus unidentified Sorbus The tree fern on the Main Ride now uncovered as…

…fern! Tree Fern The gunneras which have been inside look a bit weak and insipid still.But the huge ones outside do not! The leaves will double in size in the…

…CHW Clearance work Tree fern trunk Clearance work around Orchid House Nursery to allow access for heavy machinery to clear behind the Playhouse this summer.This old tree fern trunk shows…

…nearly finished despite brief very heavy showers with a bit of hail. beech tree trunk A tree damaged Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ pruned up to reshoot in a more even…

…camellia by the Fernery. newly dead camellia Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ nearly full out and not yet wilting like so many of the others. Hydrangea ‘Hobella’ The large clump of Rhododendron nobleanum…

…in which we can plant another tree fern as well. A squirrel eating young shoots in the oak tree above joined the bonfire. stone circle stone circle The Amomyrtus luma…

…and this is all that is left – one plant. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ Down at Burncoose the diseased turkey oak by the tree fern has been tidily felled….

…on the watermeadows yesterday and heard a skylark on Tuesday. Spring is here! 2015 – CHW Specimen tree ferns planted Planting of the new fernery goes well in Cheshire despite…