…younger saplings and trees indeed seem more vulnerable. ash trees ash trees ash trees Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ out again before all the others on the drive. Still with flowers…

…stocking. Geum ‘Tempo Rose’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Madame Briot’ with attractive yellow variegation. Ilex aquifolium ‘Madame Briot’ Ilex verticillata in flower which one seldom notices. Ilex verticillata Olearia ‘Moondance’ was removed…

…most of its flowers. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ with a second crop of new white flowers alongside the faded flush of its first performance. Hydrangea ‘Madame…

…Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ together. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ and Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ together. Cotoneaster franchettii with loads of, as yet, unripe berries. This species is now famed for its ability…

…to turn. Stachyurus praecox Still plenty of fresh new flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ as is normal now particularly after such a wet summer. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ Vibrant…

…flowers on Camellia japonica ‘High Hat’. Very early as usual. Camellia japonica ‘High Hat’ Still a few decent flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’ Camellia sasanqua…

…single flower on Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ Decent flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame E. Mouillere’ cut back in the summer. Hydrangea ‘Madame E. Mouillere’ 3 flowers out on Camellia…

…Parrotia persi Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ still has some perfect flowers left above Red Linney. Staggering after many months of show but this clump was massively invigorated by a major chop…

…flowers on just one branch of Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’ Furst flower on Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’. Camellia japonica…

…And one on Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame E Mouilliere’ Camellia ‘Yuletide’ is indeed out in time for the festivities this year. Camellia ‘Yuletide’ Camellia ‘Yuletide’ First few flowers…

…the first ‘wild’ daffodils Tilia henryana Tilia henryana And still a perfect flower on Hydrangea Madame Mouilliere. Absolutely unbelievable but there it is for all to see. Hydrangea Madame Mouilliere…

…180 Miss Marble (fastigiate) C3 80/100 Nelly C3 80/100 Pink Butterfly C7,5 140 Summer Lady C7,5 120/140 April Melody C3 80/100 Avalon C3 60/80 Black Tulip x Ian’s Red #01…

…I spot the first small blue butterfly of the year but the dog flushes it before I can get a happy snap. Rhododendron prinophyllums Rhododendron prinophyllums Azalea – carpeted in…

…butterfly rhododendron, in the Main Quarry. I fear this group are overflowering and at the end of their lives but we do have plenty of younger plants coming on. Rhododendron…

…habit. I wonder which moth (or butterfly) does the damage? Years ago we had a birch species in the Rookery which was similarly and quite specifically defoliated in spring by…

…At first we enter the heat of the butterfly house where there is a tropical species of Salvia (no name). Seaforde opens from Easter to 1st October and had 27,000…

…of late flowering camellia. unnamed vase of late flowering camellia Just outside Ruan Lanihorne I stop and photograph a Syringa vulgaris which I think may well be ‘Madame Antoine Buchner’….

…Drive. Madame Lemoine lilac good for a week, all but the Waterer rhodo’s are over now. Loder’s White good yet. Viburnum plicatum and mariesii good. 1913 – JCW We are…

…this is Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’. Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’ Clematis alpina ‘Frances Rivis’ A leaky hose watering system. A leaky hose watering system Trachelospermum jasminoides and Rosa ‘Madame Alfred…