…down the stems. Drought struck rhododendrons Drought struck rhododendrons Eupatorium ligustrinum nearly over on Bond Street. Eupatorium ligustrinum Eupatorium ligustrinum Another suddenly dead oak tree between the Ferneries. I fear…

…damage and wall collapses. slates Tree stumps to kill off around the old middle greenhouse too. Tree stumps Tree stumps A huge pile of timber and the stock fence back…

…Donkey Shoe. I can see a couple just turning pink on the tree but nothing on the ground. You need binoculars to check the top of this tree properly and…

…much to say about any of them but we have propagated a reasonable red and purple which grew on the Main Ride above the tree fern. evergreen azalea hybrids evergreen…

…as it is 12ft tall already and the lorry only 10-11ft? It will have to lie on the tree fern trunk at 45°. After the show if we do not…

…colour. Camellia sasanqua is yet very good, Coums nice, Ericas good, the first seedling trumpet show colour. 1907 – JCW Measured Tree Fern frond broken by recent wind 10 feet…

…viable. Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus A fine crop of tree fern seedlings in the quarry. Asia and Cressy need to dig these over the winter and take to Burncoose. Tree…

…the same, waterlilies well on, no Nitida moving yet. Some of the tree ferns have only lately started, the best are at full length. Some Mitis [bamboo] well on, but…

…caught 80+ squirrels since mid-June but this is not enough to have saved this tree from this very recent damage. The tree will now have to be felled. beech tree…

…nursery entrance and it took two days to clear. sweet chestnut tree sweet chestnut tree Meanwhile three cups at the Rosemoor Show and an RHS Award of Merit for Jaimie’s…

…this plant. Melicytus obovatus Osteomeles subrotunda just coming into leaf. Attractive fern-like pinnate young leaves on this rare and unusual shrub which is said to be rather tender. Chinese origin….

…Jury’ The Magnolia campbellii seedling with the huge flowers on the Main Ride. Magnolia campbellii seedling A view today of this from along the Main Ride with the tree fern…

…Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ 2015 – CHW Few people ever venture along Sinogrande Walk to the largest (of the two) tree fern quarries where some 25 mature…

…rhododendrons suffering from drought, frost and lack of new growth last year all on Sinogrande walk. big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons big leafed rhododendrons Tree fern…

…the text on this species which was taken at Kew. 2021 – CHW The north wind has split out an ash tree by Bramble Field Path. ash tree This Rhododendron…

…falling pine tree and turned into a totem pole. However, after two years, it is reshooting vigorously as a bushy trunk. Great resilience for an elderly tree. Quercus acuta The…

…Mill with an oak tree. oak tree Most of the schools were shut and, with the normal post COVID stupidity, we were all told to stay safe and at home….

…large beech tree. Three more big ones, a sycamore and an ash still to go. beech tree This Clethra pringleyi is still not quite out in flower although another plant…

…by the Fernery. Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ An extraordinarily difficult to load consignment from Burncoose Nurseries to the Channel Islands which left earlier this week. 15-18ft tall aloe trees with…

…buds blown off Rhododendron sutchuenense before they could open. Rhododendron sutchuenense A yew tree growing from a fallen tree fern trunk which I found by accident. yew tree Big leaf…