…glabratus in May even as the new growth emerges! Cotoneaster glabratus Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ nearly out but flowering only at the very top of the tree. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ 2022…

…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 fallen…

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ – just one flower out. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Could not resist more Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’ as the tepal colours change. Magnolia ‘Apricot Brandy’…

…failed to find a single bee orchid this year and the pyramid orchids were few and far between. Nibbled or trampled by sheep as they must have been for centuries…

…the road has been removed by Bob with the telehandler. We now look forward to the restricted parking and no parking signs which have finally been approved by Cornwall Council…

…as this. I saw colour here at least a week ago. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron schlippenbachii with its ‘full metal jacket’. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Acer palmatum ‘Osakazuki’ turning nicely on…

…I have been trying to locate our plant of Diospyros kaki for some weeks and here it is in Kennel Close doing rather well for a 2013 planting. It is…

…from a nearly beech stump I assume? Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ was cut down to the ground last summer but still plenty of flower….

…is possible that one pair have kits as only one of the pair has been seen for a few weeks. Although the unrelated squirrels came from enclosures in Paradise Park…

…trip to Busy Bee Garden Centre. All the white poplar trees have gone in the car park and new tarmac being laid throughout. Despite this major expenditure the plant area…

…it was too. Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei Still plenty of flowers on Magnolia globosa weeks after we saw the first ones. Magnolia globosa Magnolia sapaensis has…

…only 2 years after planting. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Still not a flower to be seen on Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ by George’s Hut. This has been here for 30 years…

…last after about 18 weeks. Well pre lockdown John & Katie turned back on the M5 one weekend as both children were sick in the car and we have not…

…are the best things open now. 1910 – JCW Have been in Scotland for five weeks. R brunonis, Dracoena flowers and the Mitrarea are the best things open now. Some…

…is what has been shifted. here is what has been shifted Cut Manglietia insignis. It’s even better close up. Gorgeous pink. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis 2024 – CHW Swelteringly hot…

…off the grass Another weekend and another tented wedding. Church service at St. Michaels. tented wedding Does this show male and female flowers on our oldest Monkey Puzzle? Monkey puzzle…

…Society show later this week. Unusual conifers with a few flowering Acacias. Here are a few ideas. Abies delavayi. Abies delavayi Picea mariana. Picea mariana Abies homolepis. Abies homolepis Picea…

…the front door. Unlike other named forms which are now nearly over ‘Mary Rose’ has been in bud but showing colour for weeks. Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ Daphne bholua ‘Mary…

…of the Golden Spur and R praecox seedling. Jacko but two inches high and so Weardale, nearly all the Italians out, there has been a week of cold and frost….