…down Tree down 2018 – CHW The team have been pulling ivy from around dead or cut back plants. Here a Pinus radiata seedling amid the leaf litter exposed after…

…at Penvergate Amid the brambles and mess an Actinidia deliciosa with small ripe fruit. Actinidia deliciosa Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ with its full autumn colour. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle…

…Amid heavy showers some topical tip website videos with Karol. This cock pheasant observed us from a stump. pheasant Another Carpinus japonicus with its first fruit clusters. Carpinus japonicus Rabbit…

…are inverted into the plant and half hidden on many. Wasps, flies and butterflies around the flowers amid the showers. This list records the varieties flowering in the collection.Camellia sasanqua…

…pale Camellia saluenensis. The darker form has yet to show. Camellia saluenensis Erica lusitanica flowering amid a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just…

…hidden amid the colourful foliage. Since this species normally has light pinkish flowers on bare stems in December/January this must presumably be a second flowering. I have never seen this…

…Cotoneaster naujanensis far from ripe when I look at the Fryer & Hylmo guide to Cotoneaster species. Cotoneaster naujanensis How good to see a yellow berried Cotoneaster amid all the…

…drive. Not much garden here but: Scilla as a carpet like bluebells. Thicker and larger than I have seen before. Scilla Scilla Fritillaria full out amid the scilla as well….

…leaved species (sasanqua?) cross with a small leaved species (sasanqua?) cross with a small leaved species (sasanqua?) Amid a hailstorm a brief glimpse of Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi. Rhododendron arboreum…

…morning that all building sites should be shut amid her usual invective about our government being ineffective. Well done her! As I have said before it is time Boris nationalised…

…amid the rocky outcrops in full shade. Tree ferns Tree ferns The record UK and Irish Cyathea medullaris – 30ft tall. Impossible to picture. Cyathea medullaris Pinus montezumae without the…

…‘Joseph Banks’ still holding colour in January! Less so than last January perhaps. Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Likewise Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has good white mopheads amid many…

…campbellii seedling Amid the gloom a ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling shows up along the drive from the Isla Rose Plantation. ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling What a ghastly day but no obvious trees…

…year we had bluebells out by the end of February. They are certainly coming on quickly again now amid the magnolia skeleton leaves on the ground. These are mainly Spanish…

…the Magnolia veitchii. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ The 1911 Magnolia campbellii stands out impressively amid the gloom. Started raining shortly after this. 1911 Magnolia campbellii Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ on…

…primrose These are the Narcissus cyclamineus seedlings and hybrids which Ron Scamp gave to Dad. One is well worth a name he thinks amid quite a variety of slightly better…

…Monday!Amid the heavy showers (some hail) I manage a quick trip to the Top Lodge to look at one or two new magnolias here. A couple have died and a…

…utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Amid…

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…had a nice display of Camellia reticulata varieties. I showed Abies delavayi and Photinia prinophyllum which were photographed last Sunday. 2017 – CHW A part planting day amid the usual…