…pieris. I always seem to miss it when full out usually after walking under the tree several times! Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Crabiodendron yunnanense Rubus ichangensis is still in flower….

…see. How did the archaeology team with their geographical kit miss these features? One can only speculate but the digging/ excavations will now take 5 days (not 1-2) and more…

…although several pairs of pied wagtails nest here every summer living off the flies which the many house martins miss. yellow wagtail 2015 – CHWLiquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Sentinel’ beside the…

…in the new Camellia sasanqua planting at the entrance to Old Park.The tiny Camellia ‘Hamy Lyi’. Blink and you miss it! Camellia ‘Hamy Lyi’ Camellia ‘Hamy Lyi’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl…

…chinensis Hidden away behind Georges Hut I find another large flowered Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ nearly in full flower. So easy to miss these mature but concealed plants. Perhaps the…

…and missed them the last two years also. Quite a miss! rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids rhododendron hybrids 2016 – CHW Finally a night of some not very severe…

…couple of the newly planted additions to the collection. They are probably saveable if those cutting up the tree take care. A near miss for the Beatrice Fleur Plantation. Jaimie…

…well miss most of these when we open on 22nd February.The Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ (a true seedling) by the castle is nearly over. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ The view through the…

…day before we open. Storm damage It has narrowly missed Rhododendron veitchianum Group which has absurdly early flowers. Previously Rhododendron cubittii I suspect. Rhododendron veitchianum Group Rhododendron veitchianum Group Magnolia…

…I am wrong. The first plant is thought to have been found by a Miss Williams, although I believe this hybrid between Erica vagans and Erica tetralix is named after…

…or two and you can quickly miss what is best in the garden. A westerly gale turns a magnolia from being perfectly out to over in a matter of hours.The…

…missing pictures for the website. Prunus mume ‘Beni-chidori’ Prunus mume ‘Beni-chidori’ Prunus mume ‘Beni-chidori’ Sycoparrotia semidecidua has such an odd and ugly flower. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Magnolia lilliflora ‘Holland Red’ in…

…with Lees & Co for the past 35 years. We will miss them! The nursery all looks rather sad and untended. Just a few staff left. nursery all looks rather…

…on our website and we are missing a few pictures. From a distance the flowers look red but they are actually a gentle pink close up. Sometimes the flowers are…

…auriculatum is just coming into flower. I do not remember these in flower until now although I may well have missed them. On a drab day they are too high…

…stock. Crassula coccinea Crassula coccinea Puya chilensis flower stalks. We have missed them and the seeds are setting. Note the size the plants have to be to generate a flower…

…Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Aesculus x mississipiensis with three flowers (properly Aesculus x bushii in the new Hillier’s). Aesculus x mississipiensis Aesculus x mississipiensis Asia has…

…maple which has recently blown over. Honey fungus Honey fungus I had been expecting to see flowers on Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’ a month ago but I must have missed…

…earnest. Come soon now or you may well miss the best of them.The Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ outside the Georgian Hall has more flowers than usual but they have been blown open…

…had to miss her husband’s funeral which was recorded for her.A visit to a tenanted dairy farm on the estate in the rain to discuss the future. Large gum boots…