1st April

…Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ – 2nd tree from the top which is labelled. The planting plan…

14th June

…orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ also suffering from drought until last Wednesday and Friday’s torrential rain. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Hill’ A more mature but…

23rd May

…of the 1991 hurricane replanting. Quite a lot more still to do. Thinning work Thinning work Jaimie cleared around a magnolia at the top of the hill which is not…

6th May

…flower heads (white) Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Greyswood Ghost’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula ermarii ‘Greyswood Hill’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ Betula…

12th March

Hillier’. Magnolia ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ John and Isla. John and Isla Lizzie and Sue Lancaster. Lizzie and Sue Lancaster Michelia martinii has a gorgeous scent. Michelia martinii Camellia reticulata ‘Dr…

2nd March

…The Old Park Magnolia ‘Vairano’ is now full out. Magnolia ‘Vairano’ First very pale and poor flower on a young Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Hill’ on the bank at Old Park….

16th September

…bottom of the Portholland Valley below Parnalls Hill Wood. The licence did not arrive on time due to COVID so work only started a month ago. We have retained all…

24th February

…very nearly the same as the ‘Ethel Hillier’ we looked at recently. Nice enough but not pure white! Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Sir Harold Hillier’ Magnolia sargentiana…

21st February

…camellia gifted (as cuttings) from Hergest Croft Gardens but originating from Marwood Hill and Jimmy Smart. camellia gifted (as cuttings) from Hergest Croft Gardens A second Melliodendron xylocarpum now in…

23rd July

…a Lamium or a Teucrium. Stachys sylvatica Stachys sylvatica The view from Ventonveth to Corwenna hills which we restored from scrub in the 1990s. Corwenna hill The hedges are a…