…progresses 2022 – CHW Warm and sunny but chilly at night.Dicksonia antarctica growing out of an elderly Camellia japonica. Dicksonia antarctica I was quite wrong a week ago. Today Magnolia…

…castle wall. Surprisingly unfrosted. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ A young Dicksonia antarctica above a large and cut throat Rubus squarrosus in a damp corner. Dicksonia antarctica Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’…

…overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer. sweet peas Leslie’s begonias. Leslie’s begonias Leslie’s begonias Buddleia ‘White Profusion’ behind Dicksonia antarctica – a good combination. Buddleia ‘White…

…‘Contorta’ Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ An odd secondary flowering on Rhododendron yakushimanum. I do not remember ever seeing this species do this before. Rhododendron yakushimanum A fine combination of Dicksonia antarctica…

…the Top Lodge and in the village are shedding leaves but the rain may just have saved them. Spores from Dicksonia antarctica caught in cobwebs under the long fruiting fronds….

…ride. Its a bit thin on top but, as usual, Dicksonia antarctica lives up to its name for indestructability It came through worse than this in 1963. tree fern tree…