…already in these mild conditions. 2020 – CHW Heavy storms overnight but the water meadows have only partially flooded again. Trees down at Tubbs Mill but otherwise just debris. Nothing…

…hill – ie earth – at the Top Lodge by gardeners]. 1979 – FJW A very bad storm (wind 120mph). Burncoose a disaster area with the centre of the Drive…

…these bollards and I wonder if they will indeed withstand a serious storm? Certainly a great safety improvement. bollards bollards bollards bollards bollards 2020 – CHW The wind is starting…

…shrubs with lots of new planting. The head gardener really on the job. Plenty of recent storm damage from Storm Orphelia. Before we even get going a huge Mayterius boriaria…

…flower Below Donkey Shoe is another storm casualty I mentioned on Wednesday. One of three mature Pieris ‘Charles Michael’ which has already had to be cut up to clear the…

…the frosted ones. Very resilient indeed! Rhododenron moupinense Rhododenron moupinense Another just discovered storm damage casualty. A beech tree above the greenhouse. Not sure how we all failed to see…

…down at the Pound in Storm Eunice. This may well need a tree surgeon to get down safely to the ground. Pinus insignis branch The new FJW plaque now installed…

…Burncoose catalogue if we can. In the USA there are 450 varieties of Chaenomeles in cultivation apparently. C. speciosa ‘Mango Storm’ – has second flowering and rounded yellow fruits C….

…small storm again brews up. The elderly Rhododendron mucronulatum is out now. I have seen it earlier. A darker colour than the one below the Fernery. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum…

…a camellia flower and then everyone joins in the fun with the storm fallen flowers of Camellia x williamsii ‘Gwenneth Morey’. Not much left! Brock Brock Vaccinum cylindraceum with reddish…