…fulva. Hemerocallis fulva Hemerocallis fulva Crambe maritima. Crambe maritima 2022 – CHW A single seed pod on just one of the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank. Magnolia ‘Caerhays…

…ignorance, vandalism and worse in reality. crocosmia variety crocosmia variety crocosmia variety crocosmia variety 2016 – CHW The five Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ planted on the bank above the house are…

…flowers fade. Magnolia globosa Magnolia globosa 2020 – CHW Only one seed head on the young Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ which flowered so well for the first time this year. Magnolia…

…dead camellia Dead hydrangeas by The Hovel by the dozen. Dead hydrangeas Major lead drop on the magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive. magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ The sad remains of…

…is well away Loads of seed heads on just one of the 5 Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the bank. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ We cut back a number of old Erica…

…Splendour’ are just shedding their outer (first) covering. The buds at the top of the tree may have been frosted but the lower ones look fine. Too early to tell….

…now out on the drive. Magnolia campbellii ‘Sidbury’ The second (and inferior) seedling from the seedpod which produced Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is now out on the drive. Smaller flowers but…

…Savill’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Valley Splendour’ Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron hodgsonii – SSYT 9 Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron pachytrichum Rhododendron glischroides Rhododendron glischroides…

…form) Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ (pink form) A poor sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is out on the track down to White Styles entrance. The worst of the four seedlings here…

…taking view of the Magnolia campbellii behind me is Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ coming slowly out five days on from the last time I photographed it. It is thankfully coming out…

…I have ever seen it although a pretty dull holly really. Ilex perado subsp. perado Jaimie’s original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ just coming out in its pomp. Bigger flowers than on…

…the rain, to observe the second plant of Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive which is just coming out. The flowers here are not as large as on the best…

…about 10-12ft in height. Schefflera macrophylla The new sculpture at the southern edge of the garden made from old metal parkland fencing posts. Odd but each to his own! sculpture…

…greenish-white semi-double flowers streaked green below the Tower. Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ The rather dull Prunus mahaleb, the St Lucie cherry from central and southern Europe. Planted in far too prominent a…

…comes a new iris with yellow leaves. iris iris Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron roxieanum Rhododendron concinnum Rhododendron concinnum Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi Not sure if this is Southern Marsh Orchid or,…

…M. ‘Southern Belle’ and here is Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ also just out and very similar in appearance. The latter is supposedly M. obovata x M. globosa? while the former is…

…var. chinensis 2025 – CHW Fresh topsoil and newly laid seed by the beach café. Fresh topsoil Crataegus brachyacantha, the Blueberry hawthorn, from the southern US states. We have yet…

…the Crug aff parvipetala moniker. I have attached an image of the 4 different leaf types that are growing here, a mixture from Southern China and Nth Vietnam. Unfortunately the…

…of anything for around 10 years when there was last an effort to clear an area and start a new collection of temperate or southern hemisphere plants below the entrance….

…books make clear there is a botanical muddle here which I wont go into. It grows to 20 feet in southern US states and is used as a hedging plant….