…inspection of our multiple woodland plantings there at dusk and dawn. Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii 2001…

…Prunus conradinae Although it is nearly dusk Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ is just showing colour on two buds at the apex of the small tree. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’…

…Saw three swifts at dusk last night which appear to be nesting in the castellations above the Rabbit Warren. An unnamed Wilson 50 clump of azaleas flowering by The Hovel….

…Nothofagus antarctica Rosa ‘Handel’ with a secondary full out flower as dusk falls. Rosa ‘Handel’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ struggling in the drought with shrivelled leaves. Viburnum plicatum ‘Lanarth’ Symphoricarpos albus…

…spankers’ than the ‘tree creepers’ so do not worry too much if you are a ‘spanker’ and think these are wrongly named by the Irish. Just enjoy the differences and…

…in the English Channel, Irish Sea and North Atlantic, and the crews were sold into slavery. In 1625 a raiding party landed at Mount’s Bay in Cornwall and 60 people…

…listening to a word of any replies. Hysterical and gorgeous. The last relics of Anglo Irish colonialism at its very best. We could all have been in Sussex!Sheila’s garden is…

…be taking the camera but you may get a picture or two on my phone suitably blurred by Irish hospitality. clearance work 2005 – FJW 2 flowers on Camellia Kimberley…

…at Ilnacullin during a previous Irish garden trip. Ercilla volubilis Ercilla volubilis Populus maximowiczii was superb. Astonishing flower tassels. A record tree at Rowallane and something we definitely need to…

…borders. Far too close to the Irish yew hedge of course as Terence told him. This did not go well. This is where the King wanted his long herabcous borders…