…sluice gate in Penvergate with Environment Agency staff. As discussed earlier the contractors have installed it 150 or more yards down from where we all agreed it was to go…

…but actually Quercus myrsinifolia? (This is the oak just by the lower gate post at the entrance to White Styles). Quercus phellos Prunus ‘Snow Showers’ has a wonderful weeping habit…

…Gate. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Rhododendron ririei nicely out as one would expect now. Rhododendron ririei Rhododendron grande just showing on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron grande The original Magnolia campbellii now has…

…Prunus ‘Kursar’ The hydrangeas by the Green Gate need dead heading but new growth is well under way. hydrangeas by the Green Gate Jaimie cutting some flowers from high up…

…Juglans ailantifolia? Juglans major Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ is one we always forget to propagate from cuttings. Need to remind Asia. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel…

…flowers left after the leaves have fallen. Not the only fuchsia still out by any means! Fuchsia gracilis 2015 – CHW Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ is out outside the front gate….

…magnolias for planting 2017 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ with a few secondary autumn flowers outside the front gate. Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ showing colour…

…interior renovations in 2-3 weeks. Penvergate Farmhouse Penvergate Farmhouse A half decent flower still on Hydrangea ‘Libelle’ by the Green Gate. Not bad for mid-November. Hydrangea ‘Libelle’ Next to it…

…subsp. robusta outside the front gate. What a long laster this is. Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta The Ginkgo biloba is changing colour but has remained green for longer than I…

…rare species. Enkianthus deflexus 2016 – CHW The Ginkgo biloba is turning nicely in the sun outside the front gate. Ginkgo biloba An autumnal view from over the top of…

…pungens ‘Fat Albert’ makes its first appearance here. Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ Magnolia dawsoniana finally starting to shed its leaves outside the front gate. Magnolia dawsoniana Rehderodendron macrocarpum with autumn…

…planted blue cedar tree Frosted leaves on the hydrangeas by the Green Gate. The hydrangeas on the main drive still green and unfrosted. Frosted leaves on the hydrangeas 2022 –…

…like at the Green Gate yesterday. fallen tree A bit of a tidy up in the Auklandii Garden – a few dead things and a bit of pruning. Auklandii Garden…

…flowers on just one (as yet) of the larger Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Plenty of flowers on Lonicera fragrantissima above White Stiles top gate. A…

…front gates but there is still a fine show above as you can see. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii The first snowdrops are out in flower…

…williamsii ‘Mimosa Jury’ Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ – we have recently planted this. Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ Camellia japonica ‘Cheryl Lynn’ Camellia japonica ‘Cheryl Lynn’ Camellia japonica ‘Tammia’ (on Strete Gate Camellias…

…Views from inside Views from inside A massive Metrosideros excelsa and aerial roots. Metrosideros excelsa Metrosideros excelsa Viewing across the lake below. Viewing across the lake Statues by the gate…

…been known. unnamed seedling from the ‘Caerhays Belle’ seed batch Snowdrops nearly over outside the front gate. Snowdrops Bluebells (Spanish) even nearer to having a February flower! Bluebells (Spanish) 2004…

…planting towards the lawn end gate has settled and the spraying of the rushes has been most successful. Very few have survived. planting towards the lawn end gate Another Quercus…

…coming on well outside the front gate. bluebells Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ has two flowers. Its second flowering. ‘Wildcat’ is a huge advance on x loebneri ‘Donna’ which now looks…