…picture of a red squirrel enjoying its nuts in a garden in Seaview – very close to our holiday home. The Isle of Wight remains grey squirrel free. red squirrel…

…colour in this diary. A superb plant which ought to be more widely grown.Now that the gardens are closed we can concentrate on the new plague of young grey squirrels…

…am less sure of this one but I think it is grey spotted amanita – Amanita excelsa var. spissa – if only because of the white frills which you can…

…fairly newly planted shelterbelt at the top of the park. This is how it looks in maturity today as the rain starts again. A positively evil grey sea in a…

…believed to be pale yellow. Flowering period not known. CWT6406. Rhododendron fansipanense. Arborea subsection. Forms a large upright tree. Grey green, narrow leaves. Flowers believed to be red. May? CWT6390….

…and grey green. This species comes from Greece and the Crimea. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ is one of the most regular second flowerers of any magnolia…

…had blown over and were cut down in the spring are shooting vigorously from ground level. Podocarpus salignus Podocarpus salignus What odd roots Araucaria araucaria has. Knobbly and grey. odd…

…the nursery plants flowered so much earlier I have no idea. Very smooth grey bark and beginning here to make a half decent tree. It looks as though it is…

…virginiana ‘Satellite’. I have said that before! Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ The smooth grey-white bark on the original Magnolia salicifolia stands out in the early evening light. One branch is rotting…

…The tree rings show very different growth rates in different years. Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ This is, I think, a rotting example of common grey…