…scales with some green showing between them. Centaurea debeauxii has longer brownish heirs on much greener scales. Colin has found C. nigra on the bank here as well as a…

…collected our first ever crop of walnuts from Juglans ailanthifolia Walnuts from Juglans ailanthifolia Clearing up the stones and bricks from decayed green houses in the Kitchen Garden prior to…

…visible today only where there are no flower buds. Rhododendron megacalyx Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ beside the greenhouse. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Tinkerbird’ is just coming out rather later…

…Rose Plantation. Ribes longiracemosa Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ is another good one. Nearly as good as ‘Lois’ and ‘Daphne’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ 2017 – CHW The first cut of Kennel Close…

…Camellia saluenensis Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ nearly over after only a week. Prunus ‘Jo-Nioi’ A young Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ with flowers. Magnolia ‘Judy Zuk’ A similar young plant of Magnolia ‘Green Bee’….

…hunting Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ for some weeks and finally found it well up the drive. Although greenish in bud it really is a very good yellow. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia…

…utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ to expose the wonderful colours of the next crop of bark. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Magnolia ‘Todd’s…

…have several of these superb plants growing away at various ages. Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Betula albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ Outside my study window the Arum lillies…

…first time. Never saw the flowers. Schefflera aff. pauciflora Then a viewing of the evergreen oaks above the greenhouse to marry up with those photographed recently above Crinodendron Hedge. Lithocarpus…

…‘Chocolate Ice’ and Magnolia x veitchii which still has a full set of green leaves. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ and Magnolia x veitchii 2022 – CHW Above the clump of Camellia…