…blue lights. Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Air ambulance incident Can one guess the cost to the UK taxpayer? £30-£50k? I have no knowledge of the…

…moulmainense) 2023 – CHW Cold weather has departed.Rhododendron mucronulatum at its very best. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum Spanish bluebells sprouting already. Spanish bluebells Snowdrops here emerging slowly. Snowdrops Last flowers…

…of blue podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae The first flowering that we have seen of a newly planted Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’. Orange buds opening yellow which tells us a…

…of light blue-grey leaves. Elymus arenarius Elymus arenarius Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ was not bad either. Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Agapanthus ‘Graskop’ out long after all the others. Agapanthus…

…Camellia sasanqua The big find today was Symplocus paniculata simply plastered in blue berries. Last year there were only a few here and there. The drought has brought its own…

…fargesii. By autumn these will turn a pinkish-blue. Decaisnea fargesii I had this billed as Cornus florida ‘Red Giant’. It has been out for a while but is in shade…

…away. Sadly too tender to plant out. Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ Plectranthus argentatus nicely in flower. A touch of blue in the individual flowers on the flower spikes. Plectranthus argentatus Plectranthus…

…are in for a ‘splash’ and not a soak.Mixed colours on the bluebells naturalising on the bank above the front door. bluebells Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ just out. Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’…

…on the base of a mature beech tree. Golden Scalycap Magnolia ‘Yaeko’ still splendid. Ripening seed heads on Illicium griffithii (WW7 11911). Also the blue pods on Decaisnea fargesii. 2021…

…which are from the same cross and may or may not actually be ‘Avalon’. Magnolia ‘Avalon’ Suddenly the Spanish bluebells are out. Saw nothing yesterday. Spanish bluebells I can see…