…of phytophthera unlike many others here and in other key woodland gardens – especially Windsor. Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ Pieris japonica ‘Charles Williams’ The last survivors of the big clump…

…cross which John Bond, the former keeper of the gardens at Windsor Great Park and one of my mentors and friends, once demanded a plant of for the Valley Gardens…

…both? One of Dad’s hybrids Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ is now full out. We showed this at Windsor. Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Rhododendron schlippenbachii just coming out. Some plants are a gentler pink than…

…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…

…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 on the peculiarly coloured…

…dead scots pine have now matured and turned grey-brown. fungi First flowers this year on Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Lower branch pruning on Lomatia ferruginea to prevent overshadowing…

…is rather a pale colour it shows up badly against a grey sky. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii The New Zealand made Kania 2000 trap is easily the best way to…

…x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (now apparently renamed as Quercus x crenata ‘Lucombeana’) has shed many of its leaves but by no means all. Its pale grey bark and fissured trunk is…

…in bulk to start again. Evergreens are going to need serious deer protection but there is no obvious solution to the three or four species deer problem. Grey squirrels arrived…

…first time. A new thing for Burncoose. Greyia sutherlandii Greyia sutherlandii Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ – a good new named form for sale. Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White Cloud’ Rhaphiolepis indica ‘White…

…three broods above the dog kennels in recent years. A good show of grey wagtails on the lawn but I have yet to see a flycatcher there.Here is a good…

…see in the newly planted euonymus and viburnum species glade: Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) has tiny grey cream flowers with mauve buds. Euonymus oxyphyllus Euonymus echinatus has flower buds and…

…glaber has grey or yellowish down on the young branchlets as here but L. glaber also has 6-8 pairs of lateral veins on each leaf. There are rather more pairs…

…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 today but is actually…

…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 on…

…‘Satellite’. I have said that before! 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…

…need to 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…

…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 exceptional peeling bark at a…

…I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can just see on its stem here. Another…

…are shooting vigorously from ground level. Podocarpus salignus Podocarpus salignus What odd roots Araucaria araucaria has. Knobbly and grey. odd roots Araucaria araucaria odd roots Araucaria araucaria The last large…