…flower – but not yet much of it as you can see here in a big clump. garlic garlic Then a look at the 9 birch trees planted above the…

…humile Despite the mild winter a lot of our older big leafed rhododendrons have hated the winds. They did not grow much in the last two dry summers, over flowered,…

…3 USA bred. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ still performing 6 weeks after we saw it first in colour. Leaves now appearing. How has it lasted…

…now with more light. Looking from the lawn they show up well, or would without the dead aucuba! three big batches of hydrangeas three big batches of hydrangeas Just seen…

…is now full out too. What an impressive plant this is! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ (US bred) is now full out too…

…all that but I think it does just about fit the description in Dorothy Callaway’s magnolia book. The tepals are white inside. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big…

…Camellia saluenensis While the darker form is only just opening. darker form 2017 – CHW More storm damage. Here an ash branch by Rookery Gate. Not a big job to…

…another! gates Between the rain bees on Mahonia japonica flowers. bees on Mahonia japonica flowers The ancient Mahonia japonica on the bank is a big clump and has been frequently…

…out. good big one on the road An even bigger leylandii by the Green Gate. Jaimie is delighted as his most hated windbreak trees blow over as they always do…

…pods on Magnolia ‘Big Dude’. Plenty to collect here. Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ Luma apiculata ‘Glenlean Gold’ is another sacrifice plant grown here as a windbreak in the…

…leaf Rhododendrons in Higher Quarry Nursery. But help is at hand and Tim has the hosepipe on from the little used water tanks below the church. big leaf Rhododendrons big…

…casing has now shed on the second bud on Magnolia tamaulipana. Magnolia tamaulipana Here is the seed head from the first flower. seed head The big Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ which…

…the garden but not perhaps the weather that King Charles III would have chosen for HIS big event! 10 signets have hatched off on the lake and the parents allowed…

…3 years on the big leaf species below Burns Bank.. Decent growth Decent amounts of fruit on Vaccinium corymbosum which are just starting to change colour. Vaccinium corymbosum Camellia japonica…

…Queen at Chelsea 2017 – CHW The echiums have not made it so go into the skip which leaves rather a big empty hole. The Magnolia sieboldii has flopped and…

…in flower. This has become a huge spreading and floppy evergreen shrub. Phillyrea Phillyrea Phillyrea Old seed heads on Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ are attractive alongside the new growth. A big…

…‘J.C. Williams’ Rhododendron edgeworthii. Rhododendron edgeworthii Rhododendron edgeworthii The secondary laurel hedge goes in beside Tin Garden where the big machine has cut back the laurel on the other side…

…has had a big stimulus on the buds. I need to do some more videos for the website of what joys and excitements visitors are missing. The CLA ring up…

…Not a species I ever remember growing here. Like so many of these big leafed species the flowers fade so quickly that unless you catch them just out it is…

…leaves turned over in the gale. big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos Pseudopanax ferox at 12-14ft. Attractive bark. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox New growth appearing on a…