…grass. The result, I assume, of the incessant rain this year. The dogs are plastered every time they go out but, fortunately, their treatment means the ticks dies after they…

…have bothered! Camellia sasanqua ‘Rosea Plena’ 2022 – CHW Red sky over Porthluney Cove. This picture was taken by Jaimie from his garden in Rescassa one evening last week during…

…He also took some better pictures of the dark pink one. So 3 of the 5 ancient sasanquas have flowered in September and the fourth in the first days of…

…‘Golden Spangles’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ is red not yellow in the autumn! Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ This is the third time this autumn that the evergreen Quercus rugosa has…

…appearing on Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’. I have not seen this variety do this before. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ 2021 – CHW Beautiful secondary new growth on a newly planted Podocarpus wangii….

…rendered the trees weak in their roots. 1928 – JCW Good lapagerias, fair Cam sasanquas. Blood red Arboreum x give us a bloom. The early blue stylosa is nice. Cotoneaster…

…balerica Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ just goes on and on! Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ Euryops chrysanthemoides still covered in flower heads. Euryops chrysanthemoides Daphne bholua ‘Mary Rose’ with two flowers out in…

…on Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’ and Hydrangea…

…rounded red fruits. Cotoneaster sylvestrii Cotoneaster sylvestrii 2023 – CHW Final tidying in the new Rookery clearing has given the pheasants plenty of opportunity for dust baths. 28°c here yesterday…

…similarly afflicted. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ Magnolia petals from the pale Magnolia campbellii scattered on the ground already in the wind. It was only just fully out. Magnolia campbellii Michelia moto…