…bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ First, and very early, flowers on the Drimys winteri which looked completely leafless and dead in The Beast last March. A full recovery here much to my…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW As cold a day as we have had this winter. The enormous…

…had severe die back even in the last mild winter. Here again is fresh new growth ready for the next disaster. Quercus liebmannii Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ is laden with unripe…

…but JCW records its name correctly. Quercus uvarifolius is very tender and frequently cut to the ground in cold winters. Quercus uvarifolius Quercus uvarifolius Quercus uvarifolius The botanists are still…

…castle wall but this died in the 1963 winter. 2004 – FJW First sharp frost – some snow.1966 – FJW Picked 2 flowers of Mr Garden – no Campbellii –…

…however untroubled by the wind or rain and still looks splendid. The best thing in the garden today after ‘Winter Intruder’. Rhododendron mucronulatum Attached is a brief update of the…

…but can have minor dieback in cold winters. Camptotheca acuminata Excellent young stock of Juglans mandshurica. Juglans mandshurica Two new low growing compact and very late flowering evergreen azaleas now…

…just been dug out). Forty years ago a mature Metrodsideros tree grew here and was spectacular in the summer. Asia will need to fleece it up next winter. Metrosideros Metrosideros…

…it was cold winters – now it is ‘climate change’ if you actually believe that after last year’s ‘Beast’? Magnolia delavayi Jaimie discovered a (fledged) long-tailed tits’ nest on the…

…a Sorbus intermedia but not a Sorbus aucuparia variety I think. Odd that in such a cold winter the birds have ignored this tree. Could not find a definitive leaf…