…well ahead of our normal schedule which is great. The gunnera bed is at its zenith too. Old Park Old Park Old Park Old Park A huge wasps’ nest in…

…seedling just below the top gunnera patch is just out on the top ride. It is a good colour but this is lost in the drizzle and cloud today. I…

…Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ below the Tower. Ceanothus arboreus ‘Trewithen Blue’ Snowdrops amid the Gunnera manicata plantation below Kitchen Garden. Snowdrops Frankie was working on a Saturday and had cleared…

…when it was first started on the edge of Newbiggin Moor near Blanchland. The pond area was getting overrun with gunnera but these have been removed to good effect. This…

…are well on, from the 1 year old pans [?]. R nobleanum nice. 1907 – JCW No frost yet, some gunnera have green leaves. C sasanqua moderate, a fair lot…

…Old Park. Silvery in appearance. Pittosporum bicolor Large clumps of shaggy inkcap, Coprinus comatus, at various stages of emergence and decay opposite the Gunnera bed below the Kennel. A common…

…Amelanchier laevis ‘R J Hilton’ very pink in bud. Amelanchier laevis ‘R J Hilton’ First flowers on a newly planted Salix hookeriana in Old Park opposite the bottom Gunnera patch….

…out the gunnera. No rain for weeks and no daffs but polyanthus in sight. Roses good, all fuchsias and soft stuff cut out. 1901 – JCW A few daffs besides…

…of this big leaf seedling by the Gunnera bed in Old Park. big leaf seedling Camellia sasanqua ‘Bonanza’ is a really good double red and I see plenty of cuttings…

…out and pinched a lot of pond water when the borehole pump failed in late July. 6-8 feet of water gone and the Gunnera all dead on the island. A…