21st July
…garden is now so overgrown that much of what was there has been smothered. Tree surgery on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again…
…garden is now so overgrown that much of what was there has been smothered. Tree surgery on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again…
…laurel was felled around it. Certainly one to propagate from. Blood Red arboreums Blood Red arboreums Blood Red arboreums Blood Red arboreums 2015 – CHW A few camellias emerge early…
…Double flowered snowdrops (few singles) carpet literally acres of the woodland. Double flowered snowdrops More new spaces for planting flowering trees for below the castle. new spaces new spaces Topiary…
…properly for the first time. A good hot sunny place which it likes. Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Cercis canadensis ‘Appalacian Red’ Meliosma veitchiorum just coming into…
…like the true Blood Red arboreum. Blood Red arboreum Blood Red arboreum A Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ sister seedling (and not as good) showing up in the mist outside the front…
…– red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus…
…for sale from our own cuttings. Abutilon ‘Red Hot Lava’ Abutilon ‘Red Hot Lava’ Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala just starting its vivid red autumn colours at the tips of some…
…The tree rings show very different growth rates in different years. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ This is, I think, a rotting example of common grey…
…up on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Camellia lutchuensis just coming out but no scent in the winds today. Camellia lutchuensis Camellia pitardii with its first flowers out for…
…wangii. Aesculus wangii Enkianthus serrulatus with fine red tints. Enkianthus serrulatus Scattered small branches blown down at every corner. Scattered small branches Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ blown away before we…