…‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Firmania simplex leaves badly eaten by slugs. I fear this plant is too tender for us. Firmania simplex 2016 – CHW Jaimie’s team have cleared…

…the greenhouse now. new oak trees A Rhododendron williamsianum dying in its pot. It should have gone to be planted in the nursery bed in the summer where it might…

…after this wet summer. Another Camellia, cut back, dug up and moved Magnolia cylindrica ‘Lv Xing’ (previously, but incorrectly, known as M. ‘Sunrise’) with a fine showing of secondary flowers…

…CHW This has been a growing year at The Cottage with little hedgerow fruit forming unlike last year’s hot summer here when there was an abundance. This has been a…

…with no seed heads despite it flowering well in the summer. Ligustrum strongylophyllum Ilex perado subsp. azorica (BSWJ 12526) – a female form with its first berries and some secondary…

…better than on any other Stewartia. Stewartia x henryae The Styrax officinalis which I could not find in the summer still in full leaf and with lots of secondary new…

…from the trunk after the wet summer. So hard to get this tender species established except in total wind shelter on all sides. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Seed heads swelling…

…out Rhododendron crassum with its leaves curled up as they were in the summer drought. Now its overly wet and blown about so feeling sorry for itself. Rhododendron crassum Camellia…

…(laevifolia x maudiae) – Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Vairano’ (Marc) – Magnolia ‘Insubria’ (‘Atlas’ x ‘Star Wars’ 2) – Magnolia ‘Apollo’ x ‘Picard’s Ruby’ (WH) (Summer Lady) – Magnolia ‘Summer…

…now that the schools are shut, summer work on school premises may well be brought forward. A meeting with the county council education department on Monday. KPK KPK 2019 –…

…about its parentage. Mahonia fortunei ‘Winter Prince’ Young plants of Mallotus japonicus have positively enjoyed the drought and grown on well this summer. Proper flowering this year. I have admired…

…especially). Gorwell is S/SW facing with thin soil which gets a good baking in the heat of summer especially in his walled gardens. Much to ponder, look up and research….

…wrong to say a month ago that the summer drought risk had passed. No rain for three weeks and several young hydrangeas, rhododendrons and azaleas now dead. Rain perhaps on…

…Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Philadelphus satsumi just out. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Still good flowers on Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Azalea flowers burnt off prematurely in the heat…

…grass snake in the Rockery. Possibly killed by pheasant poults? Many sightings of adders this summer and several dogs bitten walking on the cliffs in Cornwall. At the GWCT clay…

…M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’. 2022 planted. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ 2024 – CHW The review of younger newer magnolias continues (now in Area…

…× persicoides ‘Spring Glow’. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just…

…below M. ‘Lanarth Surprise’ Finally dry enough to place out the large rhododendrons from 2 nursery beds into the large area cleared of camellia foliage plants last summer. The largest…

…will not be rushing! Prunus serrula Prunus serrula A 30 year old clump of Picea omorika. Picea omorika The summer house surrounded by young Japanese acers. The Summer House Picea…

…buds in Kennel Close turns out to be Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Label has vanished. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus woerlitzensis is nicely in flower. I do not think…