…Magnolia campbellii ‘Strybing White’ We went to label Ligustrum confusum as a UK record tree but DISASTER! Ligustrum confusum Ross has now felled all the abies by Donkey Shoe but…

…shit on the veranda. cow shit Acacia melanoxylon is totally hardy here. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon </div Abies alba Abies alba Abies alba Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Olearia argyrophylla Another…

…secateurs. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri 2017 – CHW Three different named forms of Magnolia grandiflora all with buds still to open. Amazing for the time of year but normal in…

…in Donkey Shoe. Abies firma Abies firma Micocachrys tetragona, a rare conifer from Tasmania with a creeping, arching habit. Micocachrys tetragona Micocachrys tetragona Pinus wallichiana, the Bhutan pine, which I…

…ripe yet on any of the other Abies species. Abies koreana Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ now has many more yellow fruits this year than ever before. They will turn…

…in Kennel Close by the east wind. bay hedge bay hedge Abies delavayi with sappy white new growth shoots. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium flowering for the first…

…Tilia chenmoui Abies homolepis (planted 2009) with even more of its spectacular cones this year than ever before. Abies homolepis Abies homolepis Tilia chingiana with rather smaller leaves. Tilia chingiana…

…full out. Prunus ‘Horinji’ Abies fraseri with flower cones for the first time that I have seen. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri Betula ashburneri with male and female catkins. Betula ashburneri…

…have seen this before in moderation from sawn off lower branches but never as much energy as this being wasted. Abies grandis Abies grandis View 18th February 1897 – 2020…

…Clematis alpina ‘Francis Rivis’ Picea abies ‘Rydal’ with its amazing reddish new growth which I missed last year. Picea abies ‘Rydal’ Picea abies ‘Rydal’ Frost damage to callistemon. Just the…

…Abies delavayi covered in blue cones. As good as Abies pinsapo. Abies delavayi First ever flowers on Liriodendron chinense. They are much less colourful than on Liriodendron tulipifera. This tree…

…Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata New growth on Abies firma. Abies firma Abies firma 2021 – CHW Another Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ above the greenhouse which I had forgotten. Just as…

…needed Susyn to put us right. Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’ Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’ Abies delavayi with male flowers and a (hopefully) receptive female seed cone. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Eucalyptus leucoxylon…

…now full out below Kennel Close. Magnolia x wiesneri Magnolia x wiesneri Abies koreana has a particularly fine set of blue cones this year. Abies koreana Abies koreana Magnolia obovata…

…× intermedia var. pyriformis ‘Carrière’ Juglans sigillata. Juglans sigillata Juglans sigillata Juglans sigillata Abies spectabilis with new and older cones. Abies spectabilis Sorbus ulleungensis ‘Olympic Flame’. Sorbus ulleungensis ‘Olympic Flame’…

…Olearia lacunosa – another species new to me. Olearia lacunosa Olearia lacunosa Abies pinsapo but with no cones yet. Much larger than ours at home which did have cones last…

…has been blown over in the last couple of days. Looks like a root sucker. Laurus azorica Lots of branches broken off an ancient Abies grandis below Tin Garden. Abies…

…as there usually are by now on two young (and deer nibbled) plants. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ A decent young Abies grandis getting away below the larger fernery. Offsets its…

…Group) Carpinus rankanensis in a similar state. Carpinus rankanensis Rhododendron keysii full out. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron keysii alongside the cones on Abies koreana. Rhododendron keysii alongside the cones on Abies…

…clump beside the Rockery but these few flowers are not. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum A young Abies grandis making headway 13 years after planting. Abies grandis First full out flower…