…Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Wonderful wild flower meadows Wonderful wild flower meadows The red/ pink flowered Magnolia delavayi below the Kitchen Garden. Magnolia delavayi The second grass cut of the Malus…

…himalaicus is a rare, tender and slower growing species. This one has, so far, been spared by the deer which have devoured other species. Stachyurus himalaicus Stachyurus himalaicus Azalea stenopetalum…

…in May. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Schefflera rhododendrifolia now well established and growing well. Intricate patterns on the new growth. Schefflera rhododendrifolia Schefflera rhododendrifolia Illicium philippinense with late red new growth. Illicium…

…var. praecox 2023 – CHW A welcome and unexpected day off as two shooting parties appeared yesterday at 9am on the same day. Consternation but the second shooting party had…

…regeneration has not occurred. natural regeneration natural regeneration natural regeneration natural regeneration Seed heads on Daphniphyllum oldhamii (CWJ 1235) which we have not seen before. Daphniphyllum oldhamii (CWJ 1235) Daphniphyllum…

…shooting in the Auklandii Garden. garlic Plenty of early and scattered individual flowers as usual on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ 2021 – CHW Underneath a few elderly and moss covered…

…to catch up with a few as we complete another phase of spring planting. This is what most of the public are missing seeing today! A battered and perhaps slightly…

…even a decent shower and the flowers are irreparably buggered!You can see I got bored with the photography! Paparer orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ 2015 – CHW The tiny frogs are still…

…the main stem on Ehretia dicksonii. A very gnarled habit. Ehretia dicksonii The podocarps on a female Podocarpus matudae are suddenly ripe and now dropping as they turn from red…

…wet one. Better with the dead twigs now removed. Disanthus cercidifolius just starting its autumn colour. Disanthus cercidifolius This elderly Illicium anisatum was pictured in this diary as dead at…