…ancient tractor Helleborus argutifolius just opening. Helleborus argutifolius Double flowered snowdrops (few singles) carpet literally acres of the woodland. Double flowered snowdrops More new spaces for planting flowering trees for…

…greenhouse. Nothing doing 48 hours ago. Magnolia mollicomata But a huge Magnolia sargentiana var robusta nearby has yet to show at all. Magnolia sargentiana var robusta Camellia japonica ‘Scentsation’ but…

…I will get the jab! New steps Brief but violent hailstorms carpet the Rookery. hailstorms Followed by a rainbow over the back yard. rainbow More geese are visiting the lake…

…few elderly and moss covered oak trees something is pecking off chunks of moss and leaving a carpet under the tree. It is happening and being added to daily. Even…

…albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betual albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betual albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betual albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ On the way back down the drive we spot Quercus x bushii with its extraordinary…

…Idesia polycarpa Acer takesimense with its last few leaves. Acer takesimense Carpinus caroliniana (this form from Mexico) is still entirely green with no autumn colour at all showing. Carpinus caroliniana…

…yellow canes with a green band in the groove. Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens – green canes fading to dull yellowish green. Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens…

…greenhouses. I fear it will blow over despite the large stake. Acacia baileyana Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ covered in flowers again! What a performer this small tree is! Magnolia ‘Todd’s…

…Trachelospermum asiaticum – pure green Trachelospermum asiaticum Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves when overwintered outside Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves Trachelospermum jasminoides – green when not Trachelospermum jasminoides – green…

…see that it isn’t as bad as then. dry parkland pictures The lawn has greened up again after the relatively little rain which fell last week. lawn has greened up…

…lined shredding bark like a Heptacodium miconioides trunk. Some wind/frost damage to the huge blue-green leaves but the flower spikes in full flower up high. Why does our Schima wallichii…

…subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ just as good as ‘China Ruby’ and not much different. 2007 planted and a few years older than ‘China Ruby’. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’…

…greenhouse at the top of the walled garden. extended lean to greenhouse extended lean to greenhouse extended lean to greenhouse A new second cash point and till area in the…

…say this is Distylium racemosum but I am not at all sure that I agree). A small evergreen shrub growing well in full sun. Sycopsis tutcheri Sycopsis tutcheri Still flowers…

…together. Tilia kiusiana and Liriodendron chinense Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ turns from green to brown. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ and the contrasting Liriodendron chinense. Magnolia obovata…

…Secondary new growth trying to come through. Crataegus schraderiana Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’ with green leaved reversion irregularly along the branches. I cut the reversions out only last year but…

…ailanthifolia Walnuts from Juglans ailanthifolia Clearing up the stones and bricks from decayed green houses in the Kitchen Garden prior to planting the new Malus collection. Clearing up stones and…

…both can have green leaves. On balance I think the leaves are more grey-green than green to I plump for C. libani which is what I bought it as 25…

…A perfect row of Olive trees. row of Olive trees 2022 – CHW Last year’s female seed cone on Araucaria bidwillii gets ever larger but remains green. It now is…

…Although greenish in bud it really is a very good yellow. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ looking very fine today. Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ Rhododendron ‘Kabarett’ It is fairly…