…but fine and sunny by day. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Marwood Spring’ flowering in Old Park. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Marwood Spring’ The grandchildren on the garden tour – Zara,…

…but still and sunny day. 236 visitors in the garden on 5th March! I have the pleasure of showing around Marcus & Kate Agius as well, separately, as Richard &…

…a Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the arch. Magnolia dawsoniana seedling Rhododendron sulfureum full out. Rhododendron sulfureum Rhododendron sulfureum 2021 – CHW Still fine and sunny as we enter the best…

…‘Dusky Pink’ 2022 – CHW A bright and sunny day for a tour with John & Vanessa Marston. First flowers out on the scented Rhododendron ‘Jim Russel’ – ridiculously early….

…wind. It may look sunny in these pictures but it is far from warm. Magnolia loebneri ‘Wildcat’ 2021 – CHW A shot of the record sized (height) Magnolia sargentiana var….

…parent. Still it looks pretty good in a brief sunny period. Magnolia dawsoniana seedlings Magnolia dawsoniana seedlings The bluebells beneath this tree are now full out too and quite a…

…Azalea ‘Saotome’ Azalea ‘Saotome’ 2023 – CHW Easter Monday and a good moment to look at the first Malus into flower in the Old Kitchen Garden on a sunny day….

…above Roger’s Quarry 2004 – FJW Very sunny spring. Today a nice soak of rain. George’s Veitchii at its best. 1990 – FJW 1100 Easter opening. Donkey Shoe Rho loderi…

…2021 – CHW The second Beast from the East is upon us. Sunny but freezing! The digger and Frankie finally arrive to do the stump removal after weeks of it…

…but sunny day with no wind. We need rain in the next week or there will be casualties in the spring planting. It is turning into a good rhododendron year…

…vandalism Bridge vandalism 2016 – CHW On a fine and sunny Remembrance Sunday a few pictures of the estate showing that autumn has arrived and most of the leaves are…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Sunny and still but not yet cold. The Rehderodendron macrocarpum outside the front…

…new things in the greenhouses on a sunny day.The fallen ash on the drive all now cleared up and much of the firewood seems to have gone to a (hopefully)…

…25ft or more tall. Crabiodendron yunnanense Jaimie and his team successfully felled the tree which brought down the phone lines this weekend. 2015 – CHW Sunny but severe hail storms…

…to UK horticulture which came as seed from them last year. That is how gardening really works and always has amongst real collectors! 2019 – CHW A sunny but chilly…

…large evergreen New Zealand shrub. Hilliers say it needs a warm, sunny, sheltered position or a conservatory. We will see! It is actually in shelter and dappled shade. Frankly not…

…Strongly aromatic peppery smell. Work at the Hovel progressing well. 2019 – CHW Another sunny day. Perhaps the weather is on the turn after three very wet weeks? Styrax japonicus…

…here it is in rude health on a sunny but sheltered bank. Calliandra surinamensis Indigofera howellii ‘Reginald Cory’ is perhaps the best thing in flower today in the garden. Indigofera…

…‘Crimson Cloud’ has, as yet, not been gobbled up by pheasants. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ A sunny bank holiday with the beach full but not that hot a day. 2019…

…Chitalpa taskentensis in flower on a hot sunny bank. A tender and difficult plant even in Cornwall which I have only ever seen in flower before in pots in the…