…picture is so poor. Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A clump of seedling Eriobotrya japonica (fourth japonica in three days!) planted on an old bonfire where I thought they…

…in even more shelter. The last bits of green leaves at the top have gone and it is for the bonfire and stump digger now this spring. Seedlings are coming…

…and a good bonfire. Laurel cutting Laurel trimming and leaf blowing along the Main Ride. We cannot cut back too hard as the other side of the hedge is still…

…A big bonfire in the gardens today clearing a large dead Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ which was planted below Slip Rail some 50 to 60 years ago as part of a…

…the Nyssa colours this year. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ is leafless but this one still has some colour. Nyssa with autumn colour Nyssa aquatica has yet to turn colour and…

…– CHW Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ on Burns Bank is superb in the sun. This is a new entry in the 2017 Burncoose catalogue and will be a certain hit….

…bonfires with the debris. telehandler telehandler A battered first flower this year on the Camellia saluenensis by Tin Garden. Nothing yet on the 2 original plants by the ladies loos….

…stored in a bedroom. A bonfire shortly I expect by the smell of damp and woodworm. previous owners furniture Wheeler Roofing and KPK Builders have been doing the refurbishment works….

…recently. His father was the estate painter and Kerry retired about 10 years ago as a gardener. His son appears to be having a large bonfire and clearing out the…

…four Nyssa’s on Burns Bank starting to turn lower down. One is ‘Wisley Bonfire’ but not on the planting plans. Nyssa’s Nyssa’s Neither is this Viburnum species and label gone….

…holly got a bit singed by a bonfire earlier in the year. It has however made a good recovery with lots of new shoots. I think it is Ilex x…

…with just a very few seeds still holding there. flower heads Last September this was the site of a bonfire which burnt for a fortnight as we felled beech trees….

…Way’ by the bonfire with just a few flowers left. This plant is now too shaded. Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ I am not sure if this is Deutzia prunifolia or…

…only one survivor. I think the other two were stupidly planted on the site of a former large bonfire. Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium Viburnum betulifolium 1924 – JCW Much as…

…First cut of the grass Buddleia colvillei just out by the regular bonfire. Buddleia colvillei 2017 – CHW I had nearly missed the Styrax wilsonii still in the greenhouse too….

…stone circle 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…

…only minor die back (as yet) on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Another windblown branch from Acacia citrinoviridis on the bonfire pile. Acacia citrinoviridis Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ has small flowers…

…pinaster When having a bonfire in strong winds near other plants cut a few laurel branches to protect nearby plants that could get singed. Nutty rather obscures this. laurel branches…

…The nursery bed fence will need to be completely rebuilt and quite where to have the bonfire is not obvious as yet without doing even more damage. We cannot have…