…Rhododendron laetum Rhododendron periclymenoides Menziesia ‘Dartmoor Storm’ (now Rhododendron!) Menziesia ‘Shepherds Delight’ (now Rhododendron!) Rhododendron (menziesia) formerly ciliicalyx x var. purpurea (bit confused myself!) Menziesia ‘Spring Morning’ (now Rhododendron) Menziesia…

…these magnolia pictures will be poor in the rain but it stops mid morning. 2001 – FJW Still raining! 1933 – JCW Very little in flower, exception 8 Hamamelis mollis….

…‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ First flower on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’. A bit later than usual but the first frost of the winter this morning. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’…

…morning (the first for the winter) Magnolia ‘Todds Forty-Niner’ is virtually untouched. It has not moved on much in a fortnight and there is some slug and hail damage. However…

…battery. This was easily the first (pre Christmas) magnolia to be showing colour last year. 2016 – CHW More gales coming but not too bad in the morning.Another unnamed seedling…

…dwarf Rhododendron kiskei procumbens . 2017 – CHW Daffodils and snowdrops splendid in full sun this morning. More rain due any minute. Daffodils and snowdrops Daffodils and snowdrops Daffodils 2016…

…were out. Unbeknown to me the overnight frost in the centre of the wood had browned everything off. Little on the ground to see at 7am this morning.On the main…

…top ride with a Labrador in belated pursuit. The buck stopped on the rise and looked back with contempt. Early one morning the pine may be avenged. Pinus insignis There…

…Tetrapanax papifera 1996 – FJW Harvest finished – wheat good but late to ripen, Moors dry (and see 1989). 1993 – FJW House martins none to be seen this morning….

…of formal yew hedging. Yew berries An early morning view over the Vale of Belvoir towards Grantham. view 2023 – CHW The 2014 planted Sorbus prattii is again loaded with…

…for more cut stuff for Chelsea.First thing this morning we loaded the huge Rhododendron sinogrande and a large Rhododendron yakusimanum dug from the garden in tight bud onto the first…

…at Rescassa. Rescassa Squirrel damage on a young sweet chestnut in Old Park. sweet chestnut 2019 – CHW A strange excitement at 7.20am this morning. As I sit letter writing…

…polling station in the castle over five years ago which was twittered worldwide at the time and raised some money for their charity. Heavy rain early morning (good) but now…

…morning filming to advertise the opening of the gardens on Monday 14th February. Mainly for social media and the websites with a crew of three from Idenna. Idenna Idenna We…

…issued an amber warning for Wales and the south of England on Thursday. By Friday morning this had become a ‘very rare’ red warning. My guess is that ‘reds’ will…

…on Sunday morning. Thirty or more of the rarest plants needing special thought about their positioning. As ever we are running out of space and still have a couple more…

…work and no more excuses – but we must have a test!If you track the BCC (early morning especially) you can follow the reality of an INDUCED and DELIBERATE panic….

…far on. 1917 – JCW Very late season, early yellow stuff just starting, snow this morning, impossible to stop snow? Outside nearly all the stuff is or has been frosted….

…morning. Group photograph Magnolia ‘Goldstar’, a yellow stellata hybrid, is perhaps the third yellow magnolia to emerge (arguably a little late) this season. Magnolia ‘Goldstar’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ above Crinodendron Hedge…

…latest season on record, this is the first warm morning for a very long while. 1913 – JCW R spinuliferum open, also R fargesii. Clematis indivisa remains good. C montana…