…Magnolia campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ is semi deciduous but looking a good colour today. Not too bad for a former wife! Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’…

…planting of Camellia reticulata hybrids is particularly good. These are such difficult and temperamental plants to grow. Grafted plants snap off easily, they have a leggy habit which makes staking…

…so. The adjacent Loderi ‘King George’ is over but some years the two coincide. CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ 1997 – FJW Delias…

…cracking on the roe deer now that the season is over. what a roe buck can do with its horns to a camellia trunk Since we are on garden problems…

…its leader but is recovering well and making a decent tree in a prime position in Kennel Close. Betula ‘China Rose’ Betula ‘China Rose’ Carpinus caroliniana (from Mexico) also still…

…move this young Juglans major to somewhere where there is more room for it to develop properly. Looking at it today I fear that it is already too big? Juglans…

…Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Gaultheria mucronata varieties making a great show. Gaultheria mucronata Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with very ripe fruits. Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Good autumn colour developing…

…on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Cotoneaster ‘Blaze’ with nearly ripe berries. Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Cotoneaster gonggashanensis with large striking red berries. Cotoneaster gonggashanensis Cotoneaster erratus with more berries than…

…new name for what looks very like ‘King George’ to me. Hydrangea ‘Red Baron’ Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ would be well worth Burncoose stocking. Salvia ‘Purple and Bloom’ Salvia ‘Purple…

…trip to the Chelsea Flower Show. It is still alive but not looking like it did 3 weeks ago. Plenty of watering needed to get it rooted again through the…

…the garden but not perhaps the weather that King Charles III would have chosen for HIS big event! 10 signets have hatched off on the lake and the parents allowed…

…a bad introductory write up. Talking about the herbaceous borders which the King had wanted and it being ‘not a rhododendron garden’. It is actually a very lovely 98 acre…

…has only actually flowered for about 12 to 15 years. We have speculated as to its parentage and, looking today, it must have a fair bit of campbellii or even…