…yesterday) covered in ripening seeds. They were black and ripe rather earlier last year. Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera macrophylla A large dead sycamore felled which was threatening the two new barn…

…out. Similar purple-black ivy-like seedpods replace the flowers. The flower heads look much like the seed heads in reality. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Also in John’s garden was Rostrincula dependens…

…one chubby seed pod. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ Cornus alternifolia with attractive reddish-black autumn colour. Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia 2017 – CHW First flowers out on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia…

…the two large Fuchsia exorticatica has died in the drought outside the front door. The survivor has a good crop of juicy black fruits. Fuchsia exorticatica Fuchsia exorticatica The Mexican…

…Cotoneaster moupinensis still has a fine crop of black berries intact on the shrub which is now 6-8ft tall. Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ might also produce some…

…Why does it do this and is this commonplace? forsythia Cement lorries block the drive today as they pour the new concrete floors at The Hovel. 2019 – CHW Photinia…

…dull Cornus walteri and its trusses of black berries. The tree is still in full green leaf and there are not that many berries to be found except at the…

…place so back to making videos for the website. Today one about the possibly oldest five Camellia sasanqua in the country with Karol behind the camera. Unbelievably tedious and totally…

…dad 30 years ago and it does not look that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax…

…its travels. We lifted it in November but left it in place with the roots wrapped in wire netting until it moved off with the TV cameras in mid May….