31st July

…Plenty of fat seeds on Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ with a very late flush of secondary flower. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Rhododendron prunifolium just coming out. Rhododendron prunifolium…

23rd February

…reduced the number of squirrels considerably ( we are close to 100 and the visiting fox is getting fat) in our area and this year J.C. produced close to 30…

24th July

…Year Competition. Fat chance but was nice enough today. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Zelkova abelicea is growing quickly. Its leaf and branch structure is odd and…

3rd September

…CHW Fat rounded seeds on Styrax hookeri. Not many flowers this year but more seed than I expected. Styrax hookeri Laburnocytisus adamii fell over last winter but was cut and…

9th February

…Daffodils 2016 – CHW On Friday I was greeted by a large fat rat running up the front stairs and heading for our bedroom. It turns out he has a…

25th December

…– fat buds with a pink edging! Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia ‘Desire’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’ now properly out and a better colour than the other day. Camellia x williamsii ‘Debutante’…

14th November

…clusters of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have been stripped from the tree in recent gales but these two persist only 4ft off the ground with fat ripe acorns showing clearly. A squirrel…

9th August

…tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium A fat fruit forming on Passiflora caerulea. It will soon go yellow. Passiflora caerulea 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHW No entry. 1994…

22nd October

…the drive. Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’ Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’ Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’ New cladding on the end of the old black shed. This will over-winter another 10 fat cattle. The work…

29th December

…2018 – CHW Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’ has a fat crop of flower buds developing. We lost three of these in cold winds by the Playhouse in 2012 but this…