…Tilia species. I hope I have left enough room for them to grow into trees. Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Thinking about it when we clear the remainder of the Leylandii…

…with its unlime shaped leaves and pronounced reddish new growth. Not a huge tree by the look of it and we need to remove the two leylandii which are crowding…

…now needed and some leylandii to remove. Cupressus macrocarpa 2019 – CHW An inspection of the young Stewartia plantation which, I fear, is proving that all that comes from Holland…

…us) worldwide species of Crataegus in the drizzle in Kennel Close where the leylandii were felled. Jaimie, Michael, Tim and Jack. Jaimie, Michael, Tim and Jack Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia…

…panicles. Syringa komarowii Syringa komarowii This Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ was felled to a 4ft tall stump by a leylandii in the autumn but is now reshooting vigorously. Magnolia denudata…

…leylandii have just crushed half the group here in the Rookery. Rhododendron yunnanense Rhododendron yunnanense Hidden away is a huge and very late flowering Rhododendron sinogrande. The plant is on…

…three leylandii blew over. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Aesculus neglecta ‘Erythroblastos’ – superb new growth which radically changes colour as it emerges. Aesculus neglecta ‘Erythroblastos’ Aesculus…

…risk which has tilted too far one way only. Tim has recently passed his chainsaw course and, earlier last week, he felled a huge leylandii above the Auklandii Garden to…

…not from an old leylandii hedge. Most of it blown over in early March. taking down an old beech tree taking down an old beech tree taking down an old…

…Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’. Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ The leylandii stumps have gone! stumps have gone 2021 – CHW Magnolia ‘Black Bird’ (parentage unknown) has come out properly in the Isla Rose…

…top plant below the leylandii but well up from Red Linney is labelled Magnolia ‘PhilipTregunna’ but is in fact another Magnolia ‘J C Williams’. The plant at the entrance to…

…the layered stumps on the lower side of the laurel hedge below the Main Ride. Frankie digs out the layered stumps Frankie digs out the last of the large leylandii…

…digger has removed the stumps on the felled leylandii hedge in Kennel Close. Lots of room for planting! New magnolia varieties due in from Germany shortly I hope. room for…