…About three or four years from planting. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Candy’ First colour showing on Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ which was decimated by The Beast last year. Magnolia ‘Sweet…

…frosted in bud Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ a Gresham hybrid. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ The Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta in the Rireii Opening is just starting. Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Beside it…

…‘Susan’ Magnolia ‘Susan’ Ditto on Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’. Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Odd secondary flowers on the hard pruned Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Clematis vitalba flowering on and covering…

…the pruned back Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Stachyurus lancifolia has sprung open earlier than usual. Now renamed Stachyurus praecox var. matsuzakii according to Hilliers who say it is…

…clipped out to put more energy into the fruits. plums plums Mr Caws with his pride and joy (still sober)! The crop of sweet pea flowers is nearly over but…

…masonorum Phlox ‘White Admiral’ and Astilbe ‘Federsee. Phlox ‘White Admiral’ and Astilbe ‘Federsee The scent of the sweet peas was overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer….

…the new clump of Rhododendron williamsianum is showing colour. It looks like a hybrid/seedling of Magnolia sargentiana robusta. magnolia opposite the new clump of Rhododendron williamsianum Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ above…

…Park A bit of tidying, trunk clearance and laurel removal elsewhere along the top path in Old Park. elsewhere along the top path in Old Park A sweet chestnut trunk…

…morrisonensis 2021 – CHW Sweet chestnuts covered in fruits but the seeds themselves are small this year and mainly not worth attempting to roast. Sweet chestnuts Camellia taliensis now full…

…a perennial. Senecio jacobaea Senecio jacobaea Hypericum androsaemum, Sweet Amber, is a native shrubby perennial. The nursery sells improved forms of this Hypericum species but I have seldom seen this…