9th February

…second Beast from the East is upon us. Sunny but freezing! The digger and Frankie finally arrive to do the stump removal after weeks of it having been too wet.A…

18th November

…A sunny but chilly day and wet underfoot. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ with good yellow colour. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Wallaby’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ just changing to brown….

11th February

…Abies concolor x 3 one needs replacing, I am aware. Not on attached list. Carya ovata Corylopsis pauciflora x 3 Hippophae Leikora Hipophae Pollmix Ilex Sunny Foster Pittosporum napaulaensis Pseudowintera…

25th February

…of which is on the drive) but what a fantastic and unique colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Long may this rare bout of still and sunny weather continue so that we…

14th February

…a week. Sunny days but near freezing by night with a full moon of late. Magnolia campbellii The now pruned up Cedrus deodara by Tin Garden. Interesting bark. The twigs…

21st November

…yunnanense Jaimie and his team successfully felled the tree which brought down the phone lines this weekend. 2015 – CHW Sunny but severe hail storms impede my plans today or…

23rd July

…an evergreen tree today but is actually deciduous. A real novelty as a flower and more people ought to try this. Best on a hot sunny bank as here. Asimia…

20th February

…– CHW A Great Gardens of Cornwall meeting to chair and then a quick trip around the garden at Trewithen with Gary Long and Tom Hudson. Crisp but sunny late…

10th January

…but sunny.Emerging Hemerocallis leaves eaten by rabbits or pheasants. Hemerocallis A couple of decent young Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ below Rogers Quarry. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ Camellia x…

11th January

…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…