…straight down the path hitting nothing on its way. Tim Tim When it is all cut up and the Rubus tricolor groundcover burnt up it reveals another nice stone circle…

…to show. Camellia saluenensis Erica lusitanica flowering amid a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just turning. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Plenty of flowers still…

…var. ardisifolia Photinia serratifolia var. ardisifolia First flowering of Viburnum ichangense (we have a Rubus species with the same name). Viburnum ichangense Attractive purple new leaves on Viburnum sympodiale (ex…

…flower spikes and a pleasant scent close up. These are all self sown seedlings at the top of the rubus covered bank. You can readily cut back younger tree heather…

…well before the nearby lacecaps and mopheads. Dwarf growing but pretty with blue florets turning pinker later. One of the better and more floriferous serrata forms.Rubus lineatus is growing into…

…at a trade auction like this. The auctioneer knocked down a lot of rubus to me which I did not bid on and I suspect no one else did either…

…by Rubus swinhoei which is an extremely vigorous climber growing all over a dormant host shrub. It clearly fruits profusely but horrid prickles. We have this to plant out this…