17th February

…sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Dusty Pink’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ The Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge perfect in the gloom and rain. Magnolia campbellii above Crinodendron Hedge…

21st February

…as you can hear cars coming more easily. 60 tonnes of new gravel laid 60 tonnes of new gravel laid The large Magnolia campbellii seedling above Crinodendron Hedge has leapt…

28th December

…hated all variegated things and this a prime spot! Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Camellia japonica ‘Mary Costa’ well out above Crinodendron Hedge. Asia had…

6th May

…will be able to lie his way out of that one?Crinodendron hookerianum in bud already – three week early. Crinodendron hookerianum Meliosma alba flowers nearly over. Meliosma alba Magnolia x…

23rd April

…a distance but close up it is a mix of colours and not very attractive. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ is now full out above the Crinodendron Hedge. Not bad…

7th March

…x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ – this appears now to be called Olav Kalleberg. Above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M….

6th March

…(true) Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is now really quite a show. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ just out above Crinodendron Hedge. Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ 2020 – CHW A delivery to…

2nd February

…Very early for buds to be showing up on Crinodendron hookerianum at The Copper House. Crinodendron hookerianum One bit of a heavily pollarded Camellia ‘Donation’ outside the Coach House is…

17th October

…much damage but a beech tree above Crinodendron Hedge split in half. Whenever you get two leaders in a young tree there is always a risk of such splits where…

10th November

…minor mess will soon settle down. The stump and roots have now been moved to rot away in the laurels below the Crinodendron Hedge. stump of the huge beech tree…