…Tregony. There is a nice scuff on the last one and the bridge! wind turbine wind turbine 2015 – CHWTo Buzy Bees Garden Centre on a photography mission and to…

…shortly to Magnolia Society International.Honey bees out and about foraging. Honey bees To Burncoose gardens to do a rhododendron promotional video. Pieris japonica Taiwanensis Group looking good on the drive….

…first Lapageria rosea flowers. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ again with a large truss of flowers. Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Escallonia bifida covered in bumble bees and red admirals. Escallonia bifida…

…to have escaped the sprayer and the drought. magnolia seedling Kalopanax septemlobus in full flower and alive with bees. What a fabulous tree this is even before the autumn colour….

…also only just showing colour with huge flowers that attract bees. Again a clump of three in the post hurricane planting but rather a poor place to see it properly….

…out, dropping nectar, and covered in bees. About 25ft tall after 30 years. Not a huge tree and an upright pyramidical shape. Few trees flower in September apart from one…

…– CHW The islands are the last bit of grass cutting for this year. No wasps nests this time. The islands Work progresses in the Rookery. A large bees nest…

…flowers in the autumn but today this tree (Hillier’s say generally a bush) clearly has ‘lime-like’ flowers which are covered in bees and flies. I have never seen this species…

…I need to go and have a look. Need to start again with this August/September flowering species much loved by bees. It is later even than Tilia kiusiana into flower….

…bit too close together for them not to have crossed up together in flower. The bees would have been busy in May. 2017 – CHW Today an inspection of the…

…odora. I saw and photographed this first in the Isle of Wight last year at Busy Bees Garden Centre. I fear it will be tricky to grow well. Daphne odora…

…a white one, has burst into flower and is covered in bees and wasps seeking its nectar. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ has a much larger flower with…

…bees in it has been left where it fell and they are still active. Ross thinks they may well swarm and move. new clearing beyond Higher Quarry Nursery new clearing…

…full flower and the bees having a field day as usual. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Sorbus japonica with plenty of brown speckled fruits which will shortly turn red. Planted in…

…sasanqua No. 5 The tree heathers are nearly out in flower. tree heathers Camellia sasanqua No. 3 now full out. Camellia sasanqua No. 3 Bees still getting nectar from the…

…wingless insects so why should they not respond to the availability of the flies, bees and other insects seen in the garden this January? I conclude that the garden is…

…sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ in full flower. A hybrid named after Mr Ivey, a Caerhays gardener, and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Digitalis sceptrum…

…Whether it is genuinely a record is more doubtful. Perhaps a record for 2018? Agave americana The flowers were full out today and covered in bees, flies and wasps. There…

…in bees and full out. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Flowers just out on Rhaphiolepsis indica. Rhaphiolepsis indica Fallen leaves under Quercus acuta and fallen rhodo flowers as well….

…A good show. Cotoneaster exburyensis Cotoneaster exburyensis Finally, after weeks in bud, Styrax serrulatus is full out. Not much scent but covered in bees. When you step inside the umbrella…