…left as skeletons with just a very few seeds still holding there. flower heads Last September this was the site of a bonfire which burnt for a fortnight as we…

…(as yet) on Hypericum lancasteri. Hypericum lancasteri Another windblown branch from Acacia citrinoviridis on the bonfire pile. Acacia citrinoviridis Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ has small flowers this year and not…

…the sun today in their fallen trunk. wild black bees I have missed most of the Nyssa colours this year. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ is leafless but this one still…

…Pinus pinaster When having a bonfire in strong winds near other plants cut a few laurel branches to protect nearby plants that could get singed. Nutty rather obscures this. laurel…

…bit singed by a bonfire earlier in the year. It has however made a good recovery with lots of new shoots. I think it is Ilex x koehneana ‘Chestnut Leaf’…

…‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ A clump of seedling Eriobotrya japonica (fourth japonica in three days!) planted on an old bonfire where I thought they would never live or thrive….

…‘Wisley Bonfire’ on Burns Bank is superb in the sun. This is a new entry in the 2017 Burncoose catalogue and will be a certain hit. 2015 – CHW Progress…

…clear up from Storm Ciaran The farm telehandler has proved invaluable in clearing the mess quickly but now the bonfires with the debris. telehandler telehandler A battered first flower this…

…‘Snow Flurry’ Two of the four Nyssa’s on Burns Bank starting to turn lower down. One is ‘Wisley Bonfire’ but not on the planting plans. Nyssa’s Nyssa’s Neither is this…

…terribly well. The redder one is ‘Wisley Bonfire’. Nyssa trees Nice ripening seedpods on one of the old original (white) Rhododendron arboreums. Rhododendron arboreums Rhododendron arboreums Jaimie has uplifted the…