…hybrid of Quercus marylandica and Quercus velutina. Our Quercus marylandica above Higher Quarry Nursery now looks sickly with major dieback. Quercus x bushii Quercus x bushii Quercus x bushii 1989…

…Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’ Concrete laying nearing completion at White Styles. Concrete laying Concrete laying 2021 – CHW Calliandra surinamensis was planted out three years…

…Acer rufinerve in frame 2 of Mag globosa 1 of Acer wardii 4 of Michelia nitida Several Enkianthus roseflorus 1906 – JCW Very little but roses open and the Romneya….

…well for a 2013 planting. It is rather different in leaf to the three other Diospyros species in the Isla Rose Plantation. I must keep an eye out for the…

…JCW Returned from a month in Scotland. Roses going over but yet good, The Rambler. L giganteum. Brunonis roses are yet good. All daff seed, even Recurvas, has been picked….

…young Quercus ilex is incredible. Above the Isla Rose the look like holly leaves today. Quercus ilex Quercus ilex Another wedding. Another wedding 2023 – CHW Juglans ailantifolia is producing…

…Fraise’. All the others are brown. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ A very odd terminal cluster of flowers on Lapageria rosea ‘Picotee’. All the other flowers have…

…tree heather and comes from Tasmania. Growing now in the heat of the Isle Rose Plantation. Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’. It’s the autumn leaves which go…

…ago. Berberis hypokeriana Wisteria sinensis and Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ on the wall below the Playhouse. Wisteria sinensis A closeup of Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’; my mother’s favourite rose. Most of the…

…Rose plantation. Well worth its place. Magnolia ‘Black Bird’ Rhododendron neriiflorum phaedropum flowering even better this year in what was Orchid House Nursery bed – now a species rhododendron planting….