…parishioners express wishes. Planning Permission Planning Permission Planning Permission Our excellent semi-retired vicar has been allowed to stay on until May rather than being terminated in November. Thereafter one vicar…

…own. I discover that Magnolia ‘Green Diamond’ is another name for ‘Lu Xing’. The name ‘Sunrise’ was used against the wishes of the introducer and therefore is no longer a…

…the host plants at Caerhays, and if so, do you know their provenance? A wet day here today, so I will be progressing further with Philip’s book. Best wishes SallyFrom:…

…photo is Tilia lenta? it is in the new area just beyond Aesculus wangii. Please God may I be a labrador at Caerhayes in my next life? with best wishes…

…today we have Storm Debie. The BBC weathermen love this virtue signalling of safety and wellbeing as though, by naming a storm, it is somehow benign and they have saved…

…of a plant from New Zealand with a multitude of tiny ivory white prickles as seen here. Asia fell in love with it but I am not so sure! Rubus…

…a useful record. Magnoliastore Coates Darkest Purple x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer…

…good summer when you can find a stick insect this size in the nursery! Huge! I wonder what stick insects eat? Updated by Julie at Forgecom – stick insects love…

…Myrtus communis subsp tarrentina – just the odd single flower out now. Not much sign of myrtles yesterday at Osborne house despite their love of hot dry banks and self…

…flower. We live in the jobsworth era where Defra and the National Trust just love miseducating the public about ‘invasive’ plants. Spanish bluebells (like rhododendrons) have become hated aliens to…