…was not perfect. All our Viburnums here come from Crug Farm Nursery or Nicholas Lock Plants at Tregrehan Fair/CGS shows. Viburnum awabuki is romping away but I had not seen…

…a leaf blown twig by way of comparison. If I am right it is self-fertile. However I cannot say I have noticed any berries but may not have looked properly…

…publicity surrounding our reopening. Frankie and his digger have helped clear the Lower Rockery Path and the turkey oak trunk has been sectioned up and moved out of the way….

…well from the lawn. Prunus ‘Kursar’ The hydrangeas by the Green Gate need dead heading but new growth is well under way. hydrangeas by the Green Gate Jaimie cutting some…

…are exceptional too as we have seen. Planted in 2003. Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ A few secondary flowers still on Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’. Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Tucked away…

…bad things on the way. Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ cut on Bond Street. A rather forgotten tree but just right for cutting today. Prunus ‘Pink Perfection’ Halesia carolina had come out…

…Magnolia ‘Apollo’ hidden away beside three rather thriving young Michelia doltsopas which are well on their way. A good well established Styrax hookeri nearby too. I fear that I made…

…to play the waiting game here to get more flowers on these other 2 species at least before putting head above parapet….. Anyway your images look great and you have…

…Magnolia dealbata Our largest Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea The very rare Rhododendron gingongshanicum is sadly on the way out. Drought or the pre-Christmas cold? Rhododendron gingongshanicum Magnolia compressa…

…as a clump or two in places where P. japonica died out long ago but only in maturity do the leaves resemble P. japonica. Anyway it is on the way…