…new tank. Then we are better prepared for the next drought. Tin Garden water tank A wasps nest in the Barn Owl box in Tin Garden. Wasps nest in Barn…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW More Malus with fruits in the Kitchen Garden. Malus x robusta ‘Red Sentinel’….

…to the one pictured here is still to go out having featured at Chelsea this year. Aesculus wangii Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ is starting to turn a nice yellow. Styrax japonicus…

…already but covered in fruit. Sorbus gonggashanica Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Sorbus wardii with not many berries this year and…

…crispatus ‘Warley Rose’ The “weeds” have gone from the Olive avenue but then you see the Echium clumps that have flowered and will now die. The “weeds” have gone The…

…‘Rio’ was in the clip also looking bored and fed up. While they buggered about I took a few shots of Magnolia campbellii full out. Magnolia campbellii Magnolia campbellii Magnolia…

…‘China Ruby’ (as it is now called rather than Betula albosinensis) is getting established. The bark matures to coppery red after peeling to reveal creamy white bark flushed grey and…

…arrivals for the Malus collection. Here is Malus ‘Red Obelisk’. Malus ‘Red Obelisk’ Ilex colchica has arrived from Mallet Court Nursery. A new species for the Ilex collection here. Ilex…

…dahlia species which flowered eventually last December had seemed dead but has suddenly reshot from the base. Mexican dahlia species As we feared many clumps of agapanthus were nearly killed…

…(Vicia cracca)? Possibly Genista tinctoria? Possibly Genista tinctoria Tufted vetch and red campion (Silene dioica). Tufted vetch and red campion I think this is hedge bedstraw in full flower –…