10th April

…drafted into the packing sheds. We put out for planting Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’, M. ‘Touch of Pink’, M. martinii and M. ‘Allspice’ as well as a Manglietia insignis. Most of…

15th September

…planting and see how well plants are doing. Tilia mexicana is a species of lime which I had forgotten we even had but look at the growth since planting in…

30th July

…Lady’, ‘Limelight’). It would be a good idea to plant more clumps of the newer paniculata varieties on the drive (‘Skyfall’, ‘Early Sensation’, ‘Little Lime’, ‘Wims Red’). 2019 – CHW…

28th February

…cleared we will include this in the public access into Old Park Wood but what to plant? A lot of lime was probably used in the vegetable growing but although…

1st July

…to the walls on the lawn undertaken by KPK. These are basically to replace/renew lime mix pointing which has fallen out over the years, fill the odd gap in the…

11th April

…Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ comes out as ‘Fairy White’, alongside, is nearly over. This is just as good. ‘Fairy Lime’, also nearby, is still in tight bud. Michelia ‘Fairy Cream’ Michelia…

4th May

…‘Fairy White’ which has been out for at least a month while the other 2 are now at their best. We have the 4th one of these, Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’,…

21st October

…is derived Tung oil. Marco Polo wrote in the 13th century ‘The Chinese take some lime and chopped hemp, and these they knead together with a certain wood oil; and…

26th June

…whitish new growth fading to lime green and, today, gives an interesting colour variation in foliage from a distance. This is already a big tree 10 years from planting. Tilia…

22nd June

…subsp. heterophylla (syn. monticola) has the most gigantic leaves as you can see here. Far bigger than on any other lime tree which I have seen. The slugs have had…