…Serena’s plaque is now up at the Isla Rose Plantation beside a young oak tree. Serena’s plaque Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ has light irregular white blotching. Camellia ‘Midnight Variegated’ 2018 –…

…progresses 2022 – CHW Warm and sunny but chilly at night.Dicksonia antarctica growing out of an elderly Camellia japonica. Dicksonia antarctica I was quite wrong a week ago. Today Magnolia…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Depressing to find yet more storm damage hidden away. Only a fortnight until…

…yet but the teeth marks on the fruit in the bowl on the kitchen table are now explained. Not mice or the dogs!Another night of severe wind has put paid…

…breezy night. Magnolia campbellii seedling Magnolia campbellii seedling Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ nicely out together below the drive. Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Camellia ‘Winton’ and Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’….

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW It could be November – howling gale and a night of rain. Our…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Another major storm last night. Was it a named storm? No idea….

…rain each year. 41mm last night! Cordyline and gunnera Buxus harlandii in flower and as a tall hedge. Buxus harlandii Buxus harlandii Off to Illnacullen Island which is run and…

…the night and the day was reasonably dry and uneventful. 2022 – CHW First flowers now open on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Camellia x…

…yet.Protea nerifolia ‘White Night’ (imported from France with, as yet, no passport) with its first flower bud about to open. Protea nerifolia ‘White Night’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ now has…