…madder than even non-Brexit could make it so here is a picture of an Aesculus chinensis just coming out into flower. Aesculus chinensis And just look at Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’…

…– CHW Syringa vulgaris ‘Carpe Diem’ just out on the drive. Newly planted this year to add to the lilac collection on the drive. Syringa vulgaris ‘Carpe Diem’ Bob has…

…ciliicalyx ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ciliicalyx ‘Honshu Blue’ Rhododendron aperantum has struggled ever since it was planted here 20+ year ago. It is still just alive but only just. I have…

…renamed x neglecta), just above the Q. lamellosa, has quite a few conkers on just its lower branches. These are nearly ripe enough for Asia to pick. Perhaps in two…

…Another (third) good plant of Acer sikkimense (WWJ 11613). Acer sikkimense Hydrangea aspera kawakamii x involucrata only just alive after the cold east winds (just like Hydrangea lobbii). Hydrangea aspera…

…very dark red and very dark purple magnolias are just coming out. So, today, an attempt to look at some of the best of the newer ones. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Westonbirt’…

…I still wonder why our local surgery could not have done it just as well? Magnolias through the archway just starting in the evening light. Magnolias through the archway The…

…crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Magnolias just starting outside the back yard. Magnolias 2020 – CHW Off to inspect young magnolias in flower to see what is ‘new’. Also…

…Shoe just showing. Rhododendron maddenii Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor just out in the Main Quarry. Rhododendron fortunei subsp. discolor Tropaeolum ciliatum suddenly out in flower on the castle wall. Tropaeolum…

…are just as far on. 1904 – JCW Tenby, Caerhays,H Irving just out, Maximus shows colour, Cyclamineus x showing colour, Rho praecox good, Ericas good, Rho barbatum and Carlyons Arboreum…