…too hard to keep wet. 10mm mix A heating pile of shredded green compost with plastic and metal removed during the sifting process. heating pile Then an inspection of the…

…designed to prevent beach landings. Sandbags hold in place a hawser to which we think large metal spikes would have been attached. World War II remains of defences World War…

…once held up metal posts for the espalier pear trees have been dug up and stockpiled to prevent injury or burst tyres in the future. Ross has got quite a…

…when you look quite hard. Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla 2019 – CHW A search for some surviving autumn colour after the gales have led to heavy leaf falls. Most trees…

…Eve! Heavy showers through the day damp this expectation somewhat and a small storm again brews up.The elderly Rhododendron mucronulatum is out now. I have seen it earlier. A darker…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW (images to follow) 2024 – CHW A Burncoose visit in heavy drizzle and…

…Merry go round Car parks at 12.15 Car parks at 12.15 Car parks at 12.15 The ‘heavy’ horse The ‘heavy’ horse Magi and Sheila counting the entrance money Magi and…

…bay-laurel like? Its related to Olea and comes from the Canary Isles. If it survives it will become a large evergreen tree with hard, heavy wood. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa…

…cold in April and early May. Even the Sorbus aucuparia are sparse. The hazels do however have a heavy crop untouched as yet by squirrels. hazels hazels 2020 – CHW…

…are so heavy that they bend the branches down so that you cannot really see the flowers properly. Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’ Camellia ‘Mrs…

…storms and heavy rain – though North and central parts of British Isles affected worse than us. Beach defences badly hit. Williamsii at peak or past their best. Winter Intruder…

Next Day > < Previous Day View 4th January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Thick sea fog and heavy rain….

…below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Magnolia grandiflora x M. coco still has a flower today on the top wall. Magnolia grandiflora 2023 – CHW Yet more heavy rain…

…tree split ash tree split ash tree A top heavy and spindly Eucalyptus has also gone over. This is always a problem with quick growing evergreens. Eucalyptus Schinus molle appears…

…but have had heavy gales. No Barbatum open. 1918 – JCW The white camellia by the Engine House, Rho dahuricum, mucronulatum and one barbatum are all nice, the pink and…

…paraguariensis 2022 – CHW A swollen pond and flooded water meadows after recent heavy rain. The islands well under water as you can see. Swollen pond Leaf scarping on the…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Hilda’ in the heavy rain. Ran for cover rather than photographing the rest of the clump. Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Hilda’ 2022 – CHW…

…Phytophthora ramorum. Others nearby still untouched. Drimys winteri Drimys winteri Seamus in the heavy rain as we all were. Seamus in the heavy rain Huge Fuchsia exorticatica with peeling bark…

…CHW Heptacodium miconioides has been rather battered by the recent heavy rain. More to come tomorrow. Heptacodium miconioides The saga of the Planning Permission for the graveyard extension at St…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW (images to follow) 2024 – CHW Very heavy rain here last Saturday while…