…by a falling Pinus radiata five years ago. A tough and reliable hybrid which is easy to grow. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ Cut Rhododendron ovatum might make Chelsea as…

…Next door is a new rhododendron planting where a 65 year old Pinus radiata nearly fell on the beaters’ trailer one evening three years ago. The plant split in half…

…Pinus insignis/ radiata seldom fall over but split out branches as they near the end of their 120 year lives. Largely this is true but clearly not here. Fallen pinus…

…insignis may take its name from the seed clusters which perhaps resemble a radiata pine cone (doubtful)? Decaisnea insignis Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea insignis Carpinus japonica with seed capsules…

…oak 2018 – CHW Last weekend’s gales have left a huge nasty hanging branch on an elderly Pinus radiata below Donkey Shoe. I guess we will have to pull it…

…not sit under a Pinus radiata (insignis) in August! Branches down Major collapse of an old Pinus insignis Major collapse of an old Pinus insignis 1961 – FJW Harvest definitely…

…at the base of a Pinus radiata. i look it up and think it’s Ramaria stricta (Upright Coral) Ramaria stricta ? Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ now full out and splendid at…

…radiata are just coming out. The very last big flowered rhododendron to grace the season. ‘Polar Bear’ will be out here and there in the garden right through to September…