…lake water meadows and lake water meadows and lake water meadows and lake Another tree down after last night’s gale on the road on from Tubbs Mill opposite Slydepark. Tree…

…have seen this more often growing in and around the water meadows. Lythrum salicaria Lythrum salicaria This is the view of the fairly newly reconstructed stone faced earth bank between…

…with its ‘lily of the valley’ drooping racemes of flowers. The buds are globular. A splendid plant introduced and given to us by Roy Lancaster. Deutzia pulchra Deutzia pulchra Deutzia…

…centre trading disastrous all over the country. water meadows are flooded water meadows are flooded water meadows are flooded water meadows are flooded water meadows are flooded water meadows are…

…gale before Christmas. clearing the Pinus insignis This water tank now collects the water from the office roof and is available to water the plants around the cash point at…

…saw some 6 weeks ago. Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii New water tanks installed above the greenhouse and at Tin Garden. Easy access to water for newly planted things in the…

…the mains water? water tanks water tanks water tanks The old stables in the farmyard are to be rebuilt as a new laundry and holiday let storage area in the…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The South African Cyrtanthus elatus (Scarborough lily) flowering well again in a pot…

…in the show tunnel. Banksia integrifolia Banksia integrifolia Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ – the hardy ‘ginger lily’ which is new to us although clearly our oversight. Cautleya spicata ‘Robusta’ Cautleya spicata…

…large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white…

…Cyrtanthus elatus, the Scarborough Lily, in full flower on the steps of the Cottage in Yorkshire. This plant has greatly enjoyed the drought although the fields are much greener here…

…6 in by 3 feet 6 in. 1901 – JCW Another Camellia, several roses about, frost for two nights. 1900 – JCW I saw the first Lent Lily breaking ground…

…useful, heaths starting. 1906 – JCW Some Caerhays and Lent Lily just open, P pissardi well open. Made my first cross mon x min. 1902 – JCW Heavy snow three…

…last year. This is a new plant in the Burncoose catalogue this year. Quite a tall growing species with huge racemes of lily-of-the-valley buds and (perhaps) flowers. A very good…

…good in Beech Walk. 1934 – JCW No magnolias yet, next to no daffs in the Tin Garden, Lent Lily moves, Rho lutescens very good in spite of sharp frost….

…a little higher up the bank, is untouched by the frost. Magnolia pseodokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ The trench to the café for the waterpipe and three-phase electric supply to the café is…

…Chasing water leaks Chasing water leaks 2021 – CHW First flower out on Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’. I looked three days ago and nothing but two days of sun…

…water with them to site when providing meals for 100+ people. We will control a new meter for the amount of water used. A dry period after the recent cold…

…as we might have hoped but the new water main connection has yet to happen. South West Water are as hopeless, inconsistent, bureaucratic, expensive and slow as Western Power. Trevarrick…

…roof water into the new tank. Then we are better prepared for the next drought. Tin Garden water tank A wasps nest in the Barn Owl box in Tin Garden….