…Boconnoc Cornwall Garden Society show (Jim Gardiner judging).Caerhays thinks it owns the magnolia cups after 10 years and outside competition, especially from Windsor, unwelcome! Harvey is Cornish (although Nadia his…

…specimens but just as hairy. Quite whether we have a true original M s sinensis to match the one at Windsor is therefore not conclusive although the habit and flower…

…of candelabra Primula pulverulenta is impressive in a wet area. Primula pulverulenta At Windsor last Monday we were told that they had the only true original plant of Magnolia sieboldii…

…look up and now respond to. The leaves are downy and grey green. This species comes from Greece and the Crimea. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ is…

…covered with a bloom; blueish white or grey) grows nearby.) Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA The originas of Quercus acuta are very different. The old…

…simmondsii (nitida) has particularly graceful leaves and is rather nicer than many grey leaved eucalyptus species. Eucalyptus simmondsii (nitida) Eucalyptus simmondsii (nitida) Eucalyptus simmondsii (nitida) Eucalyptus mannifera var praecox has…

…starts again. A positively evil grey sea in a strong SW wind. the park The lower leaves on x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ heavily pruned by deer. x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ More flowers…

…white fungi we saw earlier on the trunk of a dead scots pine have now matured and turned grey-brown. fungi First flowers this year on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red…

…shed many of its leaves but by no means all. Its pale grey bark and fissured trunk is developing nicely. A gift from the staff and Cornwall County Council members…

…caught 10 trout. 1965 – FJW David fell into the pond backwards [from the old grey boat once rowed across the channel to Porthluney beach during the war by a…

…The front of Mount Stewart House The front of Mount Stewart House Click here for all the photos of visit to Mount Stewart and then to the Grey Abbey later…

…show of grey wagtails on the lawn but I have yet to see a flycatcher there.Here is a good bit of refutation of one of the many COVID conspiracy theories…

…Higher Quarry Nursery Higher Quarry Nursery A few new things to see in the newly planted euonymus and viburnum species glade: Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) has tiny grey cream flowers…

…be more widely grown.Now that the gardens are closed we can concentrate on the new plague of young grey squirrels which has suddenly appeared despite the cold winter. I saw…

…flowered so much earlier I have no idea. Very smooth grey bark and beginning here to make a half decent tree. It looks as though it is an evergreen tree…

…a grey sky. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii The New Zealand made Kania 2000 trap is easily the best way to control squirrels. A good catch this week to save our…

…in this dry summer but already being attacked by grey squirrels. Hazelnuts Conkers well-formed already too (Aesculus hippocastanum) although a small crop after the drought. Conkers Conkers A well-formed trunk…

…Seaview – very close to our holiday home. The Isle of Wight remains grey squirrel free. red squirrel 2017 – CHW Another trip to look at the schefflera collection. Schefflera…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ The smooth grey-white bark on the original Magnolia salicifolia stands out in the early evening light. One branch is rotting on the inside and woodpeckers have been…

…and were cut down in the spring are shooting vigorously from ground level. Podocarpus salignus Podocarpus salignus What odd roots Araucaria araucaria has. Knobbly and grey. odd roots Araucaria araucaria…