…one of Alan Clark’s raisings and in the new species section of Old Park. Quite pretty but fades in colour. Rhododendron concinnum Pseudoyanthimum Group Rhododendron concinnum Pseudoyanthimum Group A nice…

…Group’ Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’ 2020 – CHW Good flowers on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Main Street’ Pseudotaxus chienii is doing well on Sinogrande…

…veitchianum Group Rhododendron veitchianum Group Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’ is full out but starting to shed petals (tepals). A lighter colour than usual as I have said before. Magnolia ‘Bishop Peter’…

…a group of seven Ilex cyrtura trees growing in Trewithen Gardens. I therefore wrote to Gary Long, the head gardener there, to see if the group still existed? His reply…

…cinnabarinum concatenans Group. Rhododendron cinnabarinum concatenans Group Rhododendron cinnabarinum concatenans Group Lindera sericea had appeared to be a rounded bush but suddenly four new growth stems have shot up tall….

…Away’ A few high up flowers on Magnolia campbellii Alba Group. This one of New Zealand origin. Magnolia campbellii Alba Group 2018 – CHW A day in the garden planning…

…hydrangea but I prefer larger leaved Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group Hydrangea aspera Villosa Group A raven feeding a single youngster by the Top Lodge…

…hupehensis An attractive compilation of Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ and Buddleja lindleyana. Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ Buddleja lindleyana flowering exceptionally well this year after a haircut 2 or 3 years…

…– almost certainly correct. Eleven days later, the same group of experts predicted that the mortality rate was going to be ten times as high. This was horribly, catastrophically, running-into-Mars-at-5,000-miles-an-hour…

…flowers and most have already gone over. Magnolia dealbata Rhododendron Tally Ho Group looking splendid below the oldest M. dealbata. I had not noticed it before. Rhododendron Tally Ho Group…