15th February

…they were only to be seen under the ilex trees above the middle path and never as now. Mixed with the snowdrops here too which were transplanted from The Vean…

16th February

…planning permission from the church authorities to do the work. stained glass windows stained glass windows stained glass windows 2019 – CHW Variations in camellia flowers with mixed colours. Every…

15th December

…Cornus capitata. Normally a feast for squirrels (25 in the last fortnight with aniseed mixed in with the bird food) but the crows have worked it out first this year….

30th May

…Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ just out. Azalea ‘Narcissiflorum’ Syringa josikaea just showing too. Syringa josikaea Mixed colours of aquilegia outside the old village school. aquilegia Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ full out on the drive….

10th March

…as we have used with fertiliser mixed in. 20mm bits The 10mm mix was too thin to use and too hard to keep wet. 10mm mix A heating pile of…

28th May

…(sterks) are not! Mixed ages and breeds and in need of a good lot of grass to progress. Unless it rains the grass will wither away. Two-hundred bales of silage…

26th May

…VERY FINE with several mixed colours, some are semi double in flower although this is irregular. It is a pity deciduous azaleas are such buggers to propagate from cuttings.The first…

4th May

…chinensis Aralia chinensis 2015 – CHW I still have rather mixed views on the current fad for growing tetrapanax, pseudopanax, nothopanax and schefflera. Do they really fit into a garden…

1st May

…Much talk of frosts upcountry. Rhododendron ‘May Day’ Rhododendron ‘May Day’ The first of the ancient mixed group of Azalea indicum near the top lodge just into flower. Azalea indicum…

2nd June

…completely mixed up mess taxonomically and the Flora of China key isn’t particularly useful. No images to speak of online and I’m a little wary of the Crug aff parvipetala…