…pretty in the dappled sunlight. Prunus jamasakura Prunus jamasakura Magnolia stellata ‘Centennial’ is particularly good below the tower. If there was a hint of pink in the buds it is…

…in Penvergate.The spreading Magnolia ‘Limelight’ below the tower. Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia ‘Limelight’ Magnolia officinalis var. biloba looks exactly like a Manglietia species as the three outer pink petals…

…This is a perennial form not an annual. Lizzie’s ‘Honesty’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ is now out in the Rockery. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ The new gate on the tower…

…(not Indigofera yunnanense!) Bergenia ‘Sunningdale’ flowering absurdly early on the lawn by the tower with full leaf still on the plant. The flower is actually almost over. Bergenia ‘Sunningdale’ Chaenomeles…

…weighted across the road by the Tower. Without this uplift it would have eventually collapsed. pruned Prunus mahaleb The largest tree in the new Rookery clearing is now down so…

…the lawn. The first Cyclamen An odd combination of Quercus ilex and Luma apiculata beside the tower. Quercus ilex and Luma apiculata Plenty of flower buds showing up already in…

…on a very young Hydrangea ‘Taube’ on the drive. At least the leaves are OK. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Window repairs for obvious reasons on all 3 windows on the main tower….

…wall by the Stable Flat. Jaimie A sea of self-sown Luma apiculata below the tower on the lawn. Luma apiculata All but one of the 20 or so camellias cut…

…orange Hedychium Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ (BWJ 8116) planted in 2020 below the tower now has 3 white flowers. Hedychium spicatum ‘Liberty’ This is what a welcome half an inch of…

…As so often happens at this time of the year two branches split off the Pinus radiata below the Tower. Weight of ripening fir cones is the cause. two branches…

…Pinus radiata A large branch or two from another Pinus radiata fell into the drive below the tower. another Pinus radiata another Pinus radiata The seedling Araucaria angustifolia x Araucaria…

…curtains in the tower and in the Rabbit Warren which is usually unlettable in October. Vitis coignettiae Vitis coignettiae 1996 – FJW Trip around with J Parsons – flowers on…

…experiment! 2019 – CHW Cotoneaster franchetii with its usual display below the tower. These fruits get carried by birds and mammals into cavities in walls and under slates capping walls…

…– CHW (some photos to follow) More record tree labels going out today with Karol.Prunus x incam ‘Shosar’ is nicely out in the sun below the Tower. Another by the…

…tower. Cotoneaster franchetii A few secondary flowers on Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ 5 new water butts for collecting and storing water in the garden for the next drought….

…oleifera Camellia oleifera 2016 – CHW Below the tower today with lots to see.Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ has turned a brownish yellow in this autumn. An odd colour in marked…

…pulleys with huge lead weights which reach down to ground level. The bell itself is dated 1813. Scaffolding Caerhays Bell – 1813 Caerhays Bell in Tower 2015 – CHW No…

…sasanqua is very nice on the small stable tower. Erica hybrida is in flower. 1919 – JCW A good few roses. Hydrangeas good. Autumn colours remain, the weather is slowly…

…nice combination of Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ and Liriodendron tulipifera with their autumn colours at the Four-in-Hand. Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ with its autumn colours below the tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’…

…in the new Isla Rose Plantation on Monday 11th December. 2016 – CHW Jasminum mesneyi is full out above the tower on the lawn. It is growing out of the…