…laurel hedges all along the Main Ride. Without these windbreaks many more tender plants might well have died. laurel leaves The Symplocos dryophylla was not as dead as it looked…

…think. A pale colour and variable mainly semi double flowers. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ Berries turning colour now in profusion on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado First…

…ago.‘Main Street’ – with large and unpleasantly floppy flowers. MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘Main Street’ MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘Main Street’ MAGNOLIA grandiflora ‘Main Street’ ‘Russet’ – with attractive indumentum under the leaves well…

…growth on the main stem. Magnolia ‘Serenade’ Magnolia ‘Serenade’ Three plants of Rhododendron morii. New growth frosted on one, but not on its neighbour and the third plant has not…

…of Cornwall (at least until lockdown ends) so now it is a QR code for their main website and location map. Great Gardens of Cornwall The signage is all up….

…the fields. 7,500 acres of vegetable crops in Cornwall mainly on rented ground from Land’s End to Port Eliot. Southern England Farms Southern England Farms Courgettes are the main crop…

…This Hoheria nearly died in the droughts but has reshot well from the main stem and the dieback hardly shows today. In a group of 3 this one got the…

…beside it still with no colour at all and half the size. This is also in Old Park but the same story in the main garden. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy White’…

…in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ nearly over…

…– M. ‘Apricot Brandy’ Any species/hybrid of acuminata 1 spray 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ 1st – M. ‘Lemon Star’ RHS Main Rhododendron competition 6 different species Rhododendron trusses 1st…