…less in half. Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ now full out but no pink tints yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Ehretia macrophylla growing away quickly. Ehretia macrophylla Sizygium…

…Quercus fleuryi. Orange indumentum. It has not enjoyed the heat. Quercus fleuryi A disaster with Schefflera megaphylla which has moved in the wind and half broken its root system. Will…

…has blown a couple of Magnolia campbellii flowers half open and, inevitably, when out prematurely, they are white not pink. The rest of the higher up buds seem ok for…

…bistorta ‘Superba’. Grows to about two and a half feet, flowers to three and a half feet. Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ Coprosma ‘Pacific Dream’ – not…

…– CHW Another fine day in a fine week. The cherries are starting and, at last, some half decent or even good new and younger magnolias rather than the crap…

…animal with the cattle is a calf! The telescope reveals that it is in fact a stray sheep which has escaped and taken up residence with its new friends. As…

…hedge all along the wall below the lawn was trimmed back hard two and a half years ago. This year it is back to flowering properly as you can see….

…I had a moan yesterday about the drought persisting. Just look at these half defoliated, drooping and half dead hydrangeas on the drive in shade but near the roots of…

…one of only two chines in the UK. Smugglers paradise 200 to 300 years ago. Today 80,000 visitors (entry £3.00 for OAPs and £4.00 adults). Half is a natural woodland…

…x bushii The very last flower on Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ which first came out five and a half months ago. Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ First ever flower on a magnolia just…