…200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’) The amazing 200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’) The amazing 200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica…

…Rose Plantation. Ribes longiracemosa Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is another good one. Nearly as good as ‘Lois’ and ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ 2017 – CHW The first cut of Kennel Close…

…Euonymus lucidus. Euonymus lucidus Another fallen beech tree cleared up in the Rookery. The trunk is inside the laurel hedge so can rot away on its own. fallen beech tree…

…Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Populus purdomii Populus purdomii Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist…

…new growth emerges! Cotoneaster glabratus Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ nearly out but flowering only at the very top of the tree. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ 2022 – CHW First of May today…

…from Seamus O’Brien email from Seamus O’Brien email from Seamus O’Brien A quick walk through the Rockery today. Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ just out in Rookery. Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ John Bond’s…

…morrisonicola with many male flowers and just a few female cones at the very top of the small tree. Picea morrisonicola Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is better than ‘Olivia’ I think…

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Evamaria’ Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ is hardly showing as yet. Rain urgently needed. Magnolia acuminata var subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata…

…300 sheep grazing and a very dry spring we failed to find a single bee orchid this year and the pyramid orchids were few and far between. Nibbled or trampled…

…empty and third rate flower show. A cider competition and a bee area but only about five or six nursery exhibits. LGM apparently £650. At Chelsea a gold medal only…