18th September

…borehole had partially silted up and we have finally had to drill a new one beside the old. Previously the borehole was 60 metres deep nut now we are down…

10th July

…lindleyana is just out much earlier than last year overhanging the drive. The deep purple trumpets on long flowering racemes (often splitting into three racemes) are normally a September show….

23rd April

…‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to pollard this tree in the autumn. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Very good deep yellow flowers on Berberis wilsoniae. Berberis wilsoniae Berberis wilsoniae Then another…

6th April

…for the waterpipe and three-phase electric supply to the café is now fully dug on the castle front. trench And across the car park in the deep sand. Western Power…

21st October

…so deep in the ground. The hydrangeas are the best things. R decoum is good, some flower on many rhodo’s. A very fine autumn and summer, the old men say…

25th December

…today as well although falling quickly. Acer sikkimense Acer sikkimense Acer sikkimense 2022 – CHW Biblical rain for Christmas Day – the puddles by the lawn as deep as anything…

26th March

…‘Atlas’ x M.‘Vulcan’. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M.‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x M.‘Vulcan’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ now named). When you have grown an unnamed cross…

5th October

…as it is. Neither feature is very deep into the ground and the culvert is only 9-12 inches below ground level as you can see. How did the archaeology team…

27th May

…of evergreen Azalea indicum ‘Macrathum’. One of those plants I seem to have known the name of deep in my memory from childhood and well worth propagating properly. The main…

17th March

…Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ – another one to propagate as a good deep red. Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is just opening from tight buds. Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156)…