…than last year. wisteria wisteria 2019 – CHW Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ below the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Seed heads on Dipteronia sinensis. This is the first year…

…flowering absurdly early on the lawn by the tower with full leaf still on the plant. The flower is actually almost over. Bergenia ‘Sunningdale’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ has, for…

…last night. This morning they appear to be eyeing up the very tallest battlements on the Rabbit Warren tower. Presumably they have old nests there or they will simply colonise…

…beside the tower. Magnolia stellata ‘Centennial’ Magnolia stellata ‘Centennial’ The afternoon is spent with the architect and contractor restoring the old dog kennels and the kitchen garden walls. We get…

…has grown outside the back yard for 50 plus years. Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Three huge plants of the short lived but today most impressive Buddleia salvifolia near the tower….

…Burrow Hunt at the beach. Saw the first house martin by the big tower at 7.15pm. A day or two earlier than last year on a sunny day with brief…

…Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ properly out by the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ and Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’…

…not and neither is the enormous Virginia creeper to be seen on the main tower which I remember being cut down and removed as a child. The Magnolia grandiflora clump…

…Audusson’ Just the odd flower hidden away in Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’. Prunus subhirtella ‘Autumnalis’ Another Prunus ‘Kursar’ coming nicely into flower below the tower. Prunus ‘Kursar’ Prunus ‘Kursar’ Six-hundred 3L…

…‘Beni-Yutaka’ is the best cherry for flower below the tower. These cherries came from Thornhayes nursery who have a very odd trade discount system and do not like Burncoose much….