15th October

…down on a tree with very small seeds. This has not stopped a squirrel making a pile of eaten ones. Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Sweet chestnut fruits Large…

1st August

…flowering this year. layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas layered his sweet peas Pear ‘Merton Pride’ was producing a big crop and Will had covered the tree to…

26th February

…diseased sweet chestnuts. I do not actually think Jaimie will care much either way about his new creation.Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ is itself a cross between Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta…

30th December

…it really any different from our old friend Daphne bholua ‘Alba’? Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ First few sweetly scented flowers on Chimonanthus praecox which was only planted in 2021….

12th April

…bud. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ Frankie has sorted out the collapsed bank on the drive when the sweet chestnut fell in. collapsed bank Frankie has now dug up the sacrifice camellias in…

12th March

‘Sweet Simplicity’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’) and is brightening up outside the Magnolia Tea Rooms today. Magnolia ‘Cameo’ Magnolia ‘Cameo’ 2019 – CHW Exciting new camellias and Michelias found in…

14th July

…sennii And more cold damage: Protea cyanaroides literally cut in half by cold. Protea cyanaroides Protea cyanaroides Sparmannia africana cut to ground level but reshooting at last. Sparmannia africana Datura…

12th October

…jam? Mespilus germanica Mespilus germanica Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ has a single seed pod. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Amazingly Cercis canadensis ‘Flame’ has a crop of flowers. It was…

12th May

…the show – these flowers last for weeks. Protea ‘Little Prince’ Protea ‘Little Prince’ Protea ‘Little Prince’ A self sown wild strawberry in flower – Fragaria vesca. Pity to pull…

15th December

…felling in my September tree survey. deadish sweet chestnut deadish sweet chestnut Michelia ‘Fairy White’ is laden with buds only three years on from planting out in the garden. A…