2nd December

…now too. beech trees beech trees beech trees Fuchsia procumbens in the nursery. Leafless now outside but still with fat edible fruits and some still unripe ones. Fuchsia procumbens Toona…

20th May

…we viewed recently. This mature clump were from a ?1930’s Kingston Ward collection rather than Forrest or so my father always told me. Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron falconeri Rhododendron…

8th July

…bored fat dogs too in the Model Village which were even worse than the children. Not many RHS members there today! Unusual clipped and pruned conifer combinations: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’…

12th May

…flower Beschorneria flower The Cardiocrinum giganteum however has not moved much into flower. Very fat stalk but little progress sadly. Cardiocrinum giganteum Cardiocrinum giganteum Look how perfect this Acer palmatum…

19th September

fat bureaucrats of the dioceses and their expensive advisors and consultants (£212k in Truro diocese on a turnover of £1.8m) can only be paid for by sales of church properties….