…deer fencing. Here Euonymus spraguei killed back but shooting from the base. Euonymus spraguei And a leafless Euonymus verrucosus. Euonymus verrucosus This young Meliosma beaniana (alba) struggled last summer but…

…8302) Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ has the odd flower last year but now it is covered. Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ Our young and treasured Meliosma beaniana (M. Alba)…

…the autumn colours and spring flowers. Lindera benzoin Nothofagus moorei is putting on reddish new growth and the young plant is establishing. Nothofagus moorei Meliosma parviflora, a present from Nantes…

…baccata ‘Dovastonii Aurea’ Taxus baccata ‘Dovastonii Aurea’ Not quite out yet is Meliosma dillenifolia subsp. cuneifolia but covered in flower this year. Meliosma dillenifolia subsp. cuneifolia The oldest Manglietia insignis…

…Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ by the lawn. Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ Maturing seeds on Meliosma veitchiorum. Meliosma veitchiorum 2022 – CHW A wonderful show from Aesculus parviflora below Slip Rail….

…hitting the treasured Meliosma oldhamii. ash tree Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’ – a very different colour when full out. Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’ Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’ Rhododendron ‘Silberwolke’ Rhododendron ‘Fantasia’ just showing. Rhododendron ‘Fantasia’ Nice…

…getting the hang of it! Female roe deer in Rockery. Saw it yesterday too at the Playhouse at midday. Both newly planted young Meliosma veitchiorum are now without leaves in…

…Sorbus meliosmifolia. The leaves are similar to Meliosma. Sorbus meliosmifolia Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ with ripening seed pods. Magnolia mollicomata ‘Werrington’ Erethia thyrsiflora has started root suckering and has good secondary…

…the trunk of a young Meliosma veitchiorum before the spiral tree guard was removed. Otherwise the ants would have killed the tree. Ants building a nest Ants building a nest…

…no longer needed here as a shelter belt but it would seem that a spring may rise here. A large old Meliosma pungens had died here; probably from being waterlogged…

…Crug Farm as additions to the collection here: Acer sikkimense WWJ11613 Acer sikkimense WJC13674 Illicium philippinense CWJ12466 Sorbus ullungdonensis BSWJ 12640 Meliosma myriantha v. discolour MF 97132 Turpinia ternata CWJ12360…

…for Delia. 1972 – FJW Camellias very advanced. J.C.W out near E.P.R.’s Quarry. Nobleanum pink at its best. 1968 – FJW Moved Meliosma pungens – previous week cold with a…

…below the Meliosma veitchiorum have been ‘hat standed’ to reshoot. Some are probably not now worth their place and can be dug out. The third row can stay for a…

…on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis near Reevesia…

…closely. fallen tree fallen tree Another Pinus insignis bough down by the record Meliosma pungens but it just missed!Another new Rhodo planting. Rhododendron orbiculare in the foreground and ‘Golden Oriole’…