…down on a tree with very small seeds. This has not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large…

…flowering this year. layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas Pear ‘Merton Pride’ was producing a big crop and Will had covered the tree to…

…felling in my September tree survey. deadish sweet chestnut deadish sweet chestnut Michelia ‘Fairy White’ is laden with buds only three years on from planting out in the garden. A…

…back and tidied for opening. ‘Mr Billy’ has a shit beside Georges Hut and the nicely pruned hydrangeas. ‘Mr Billy’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ is looking anything but ‘sweet’ but Magnolia…

…now seems a much more frequent summer occurrence than it was years ago. sweet chestnut branch split and fell sweet chestnut branch split and fell The bracts on Cornus kousa…

…than Jelly Rot. at the base of a sweet chestnut at the base of a sweet chestnut A trip to the greenhouse reveals a number of pleasant surprises! To tidy…

…and should recover. A small growing variety which flowers very early and copiously. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ still has plenty of perfect flowers…

…jam? Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ has a single seed pod. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Amazingly Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ has a crop of flowers. It was…

…with some leaves emerging. One day they will look splendid from the castle lawn. Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Merlot’ 2015 – CHW A filthy day with some rain and…

…Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Valentine’ Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ – lower paddock. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia sprengeri var diva – lower paddock. Magnolia sprengeri var diva The remnants…