…huge clump at Castlewellan and a smaller growing form at Tregrehan. We plan to plant it against a hot wall (as at Tregrehan) above the old dog kennels. Debregeasia longifolia…

…in and above the new planting where the soil was exposed after our tree felling. As we saw they are predominantly purple and smaller flowered on Sinogrande Walk. violets Magnolia…

…I dare say should have some additional name. smaller smaller Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ with its double sets of flower bracts above Red Linney. A sole survivor from a clump of…

…alternifolia ‘Argentea’ Acer shirasawanum ‘Moonrise’ [ALONGSIDE] Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-kapitan’ Acer shirasawanum ‘Moonrise’ Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-kapitan’ B. Smaller shrubs and herbaceous plants – several of these are entirely new to our…

…when you arrive, leave or during/beforehand on an app. The kit is supplied to the owner and the installer collects the fines from those who do not pay as his…

…identified as Ilex latifolia but bear no resemblance at all to the young plant. Leaves much smaller as you can see even though all three trees have similar and nobbly…

…‘Semperaurea’ Viburnum erubescens making an attractive show below Sinogrande Walk. Viburnum erubescens Viburnum erubescens Cornus angustata with rather smaller bracts. Cornus angustata Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’. Planted 2009. Ginkgo biloba…

…Magnolia x loebneri ‘Powder Puff’ Young Rhododendron calophytums in the distance – one pink, one white. Young Rhododendron calophytums Magnolia ‘Delicatissima’ is not bad with a nice habit for smaller…

…the same as the right hand tree on Bond Street although the fruits are smaller and it is more of a spreading shrub than a half standard tree as here….

…on the lawn. We drew a blank but then found one of the old ones sitting in a garden shed. There are two dials. The smaller dial at the top…

…and smaller than those on our old, now dead, plant. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ now full out. Incredible dark red colours as the flowers fade. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia…

…it does not look to be going to grow too big. A ‘must’ for a smaller garden. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubushi-modoki’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ has…

…kobus x M. stellata (ie a x loebneri) seedling from Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’. As I have written before this is a very good floriferous magnolia for smaller gardens….

…bark. Older plants not flowering very heavily but a smaller plant was. Tom kindly gave us a plant as our cuttings seem to have failed. Camellia trichocarpa Camellia trichocarpa Camellia…

…Exbucklandia populnea 2021 – CHW At Herreswater the first instance of suddenly totally dead ash trees while others just have ‘dieback’ for now. Others nearby are still completely unaffected. Smaller…

…nice scent but far too windy today. I have not seen this one in flower before. Nice shape for a smaller garden. Magnolia ‘Pickards Stardust’ Magnolia ‘Ruth’ is tremendous above…

…is really a smaller version of Salix fargesii but the stems and buds are attractive. Growing in a damp place it has settled in well. Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis Salix…

…suckers are now 30ft tall and flowering at the tops although they are hard to see beside a taller Nothofagus. From a distance the flowers seem paler than the younger…

…the Cornwall Garden Society show in 2019 (this was Melicytus alpinus). Hillier’s says this New Zealand plant grows to only 4-5ft but it is much taller here with a trunk….

…eventually produce the reddish-black fruits or cones are smaller at present and at the very end of the twigs where they will readily catch the pollen from the male cones….