…in 2014. Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanaguruma’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanaguruma’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanaguruma’ Prunus ‘Matsumae-hanaguruma’ Amid a sea of primroses a cock pheasant prepares and preens for a harem of three hens. pheasant 2019 –…

…and will need cutting back to reshoot. The lower branches will be dead. Drimys winteri In a sea of devastation Schefflera macrophylla is untouched. Those plants are totally hardy through…

…‘D D Blanchard’ All fairly similar but the leaves are not. In the greenhouse frames berries are already formed and turning colour on Sorbus rosea (SEP 492). Sorbus rosea We…

…King’ Jet black hollyhocks which I have only seen before in Seaview. Jet black hollyhocks Hydrangea quercifolia and Actinidia pilosula. Hydrangea quercifolia and Actinidia pilosula Deutzia setchuenensis var. corymbiflora ‘Kiftsgate’…

…Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) – now a third form of N. sericea to admire. Very golden! Neolitsea sericea ‘Yellow Leaf’ (CWJ 12830) A newly planted Rhododendron vaseyi ‘White…

…the replacement plants to come on? The one bit of new planting nearest the sea and above the children’s play area which I only came upon last year for the…

…performed a week too soon! Enkianthus 2017 – CHW A good picture of Echium fastuosum sent to us by a friend whose garden adjoins the sea in Seaview on the…

…starts again. A positively evil grey sea in a strong SW wind. the park The lower leaves on x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ heavily pruned by deer. x Eriobotrya ‘Coppertone’ More flowers…

…saw machine has cleared all the sycamore off the bank below the Rookery giving us a much better view of the sea from the ground floor. Must be 10 or…

…really pink. Impossible to photograph well as its now too tall and the flowers are too far away. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Typical rain damage…

…Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea smashed up by the rain. Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea Another drought casualty now showing up. Another drought casualty Acacia verticillata looking very fine today. Acacia verticillata…

…optimism. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis The old Litsea glauca suddenly died about six years ago but already several roots near the surface have produced a clump of new…

…enough crowd of spectators. No sign of antis or the police as everyone enjoyed the sunshine. No sign of the first house martins either flying in from the sea as…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW A meeting at Porthpean House enabled a late season tour of their…

…needed as you can see but the cattle had recently been turned out of the overwintering sheds. Enjoy a rather seasonally full slurry tank of S.H. one T! visit to…

…standards which bodes badly for Chelsea cut flowers. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ full out now at the Four in Hand and quite a sight for visitors. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii…

…produced flowers at Penrice. Quercus engleriana Quercus engleriana Quercus engleriana Gordonia seczwanica – growing well in dappled shade. Gordonia seczwanica Gordonia seczwanica Persea japonica – not as exciting as Persea…

…‘Seattle Trident’ with its superb pink new growth. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Salix magnifica also with its first flower here. Salix magnifica At last, the east wind has gone. A…

…put up a small Chelsea stand years ago to show what was and wasn’t Enkianthus cernuus rubens. Just because its red it does not make it cernuus rubens as he…

…Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Neolitsea aff. polycarpa with rather different coloured new growth (albeit suckering from the base). Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Euphorbia stygiana is now 15ft tall as…