…GWCT farm bird count will be interesting this year as most migratory birds will have been blown way off course or snuggled down to wait out the ‘Beast’. I saw…

…rain looks like in the granite bird bath outside the front door. It has been totally dry for at least 8 weeks. granite bird bath 2021 – CHW I was…

…out in the last 3 years – is growing away vigorously with large leaves. Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Snow Bird’ has recovered from near…

…‘Butterflies’ full out in Penvergate. Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Butterflies’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ (from Kevin Hughes Plants) first flowering. Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Scented Gem’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ just…

…season for any plant! 2018 – CHW Off to Penvergate to view the best yellow magnolias. Magnolia ‘Yellow Bird’ was sadly nearly over and I have missed it (planted 1997)….

…suddenly it is well out. It really was not yesterday! Camellia ‘Winton’ Camellia ‘Winton’ Camellia ‘Admiral Spry’ is another unexpected early bird. Clearly a bird has had a go at…

…are perfect for the show – these flowers last for weeks. Protea ‘Little Prince’ Protea ‘Little Prince’ Protea ‘Little Prince’ A self sown wild strawberry in flower – Fragaria vesca….

…frost. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ The rare and little known Rhododendron xichangense is looking good today. Four rather small and frail plants were put out in 2017. I gave them little chance…

…on Bond Street are much further on already. snowdrops 2022 – CHW Everything sodden but little damage in the garden after yesterday’s deluge.The start of the laurel cutting on the…

…on Saturday. We will still be tied up with trenches. Badly frosted Gunnera manicata below the Kennels. As ever the bottom of Old Park has caught what little frost we…