…one of them for the moment. This is despite Western Power having been paid in full last November. Covid again, of course, but administrative incompetence on a grand scale. the…

…Michael’ Magnolia campbellii in a very brief sunny moment today. Magnolia campbellii The view from the Back Yard up into the Aucklandii Garden. view from the Back Yard Magnolia ‘Delia…

…flower with dramatic speed – more every 24 hours in the mild and still conditions at the moment. Outside the back yard in a day. Outside the back yard The…

…ground. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Earlier in the week a sad moment when the family of Pam Kitts placed a beautiful bench in memory of Pam and her daughter on the lawn…

…lost two of these to cold before so this should be an exciting moment. Magnolia tamaulipana 2018 – CHW A catch up on the rhododendrons still out as the season…

…castle and tents await the influx. (They make a donation of £150 which shows the usage). Visitors Neil, Lamorna, Neil’s father and Lizzie – an early moment when there were…

…instructed vicars in the spring lockdown to consult (online) non churchgoers for their views. Consulting churchgoers themselves was, naturally, avoided until the very last moment in this disgraceful fait accompli…

…the way and already milder and overcast. The water meadows are finally free of flooding for the moment.New growth emerging early on the semi evergreen Pseudocydonia sinensis as it usually…

…pollard this tree in the autumn. Very good deep yellow flowers on Berberis wilsoniae. Then another rather special moment to rival seeing the first flowers on Maddenia wilsonii a few…

…the next flowers show colour today. Camellia sasanqua 2021 – CHW A colchicum in flower outside the anteroom. A brief moment before it gets eaten by the pheasant poults. colchicum…