…have planted too big a tree too near the drive and pruning soon. Magnolia ‘Alixeed’ Magnolia x proctoriana is now a big tree; 25 plus years old. A mass of…

…hybrid groups there? Rhododendron ‘Tibet’ Rhododendron ‘Tibet’ A rare flower on a struggling big leafed rhododendron. Despite watering of the nursery bed these plants had horrid time in the drought…

…zaylanicum (?) Rhododendron arboreum ssp. zaylanicum (?) Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ in the Isla Rose Plantation – scent overpowering! Magnolia ‘Rebecca’s Perfume’ Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ now a single flower from above….

…in flower. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Yet another dead big leafed rhododendron. dead big leafed rhododendron 2023 – CHW Replanting a cleared and tidied area at The Vean. Replanting at…

…Jury’ Helwingia chinensis is a suckering, spreading shrub so we have put another beside the existing one. Note how much bigger the leaves are on the plant from the frames….

…buds blown off Rhododendron sutchuenense before they could open. Rhododendron sutchuenense A yew tree growing from a fallen tree fern trunk which I found by accident. yew tree Big leaf…

…2025 with about 6 magnolias showing. This big leaf rhododendron blew over a year or two ago but some roots remained and the plant is slowly trying to upright itself….

…Hat’. Camellia ‘High Hat’ Fruits nearly ripe on Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ 1199). Schefflera pauciflora Schefflera pauciflora 2021 – CHW Real frost again on New Year’s Day.Big leafed rhododendrons expressing their…

…bignonioides full out in flower rather earlier than in Cornwall. Catalpa bignonioides 2023 – CHW Back home to enjoy the aftermath of several inches of rain in our absence. The…

…kennels is progressing. Roof trusses now installed and the kitchen garden walls re-slated with some holes filled in but other big ones still to do where the water build up…

…utilis ‘Chris Lane’: Black – big white calcocils Betula utilis dark form: Black – small white calcocils Betula utilis ‘Melony Sanders’: Very red peeling stem Camellia bailinshanica: Red new growth…

…been near to to report your COVID symptoms. The Big Brother is watching fraternity and the civil liberties people will hate that and claim Chinese style state control. All nonsense…

…three buds at different stages of development. Only three years from planting which is a big bonus. I guess it must be a Manglietia but it is, again, not on…

…often the case) lost its leader in a gale. Cupressus macroparpa Catalpa bignonoides is always one of the last trees into growth. Catalpa bignonoides 2019 – CHW Chelsea videos at…

…was looking very windswept, badly watered, and a big let down in comparison to previous years. I found little to photograph. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’ – oddly variegated. Lavandula allardii ‘Meerlo’…

…Eriogynum beginning. Big Maddeni in quarry nursery very fine, also Metrosideros. Big wall rose fine. Not much else. Rabdotum just over, a few whites coming. 1935 – JCW Very hot…

…be serious casualties amongst the new plantings and with the big leafed rhododendrons. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Clouds’ Repairs to the walls on the lawn undertaken by KPK. These are basically…

…weeks but now a big show high up. Magnolia x thompsoniana Magnolia x thompsoniana Eucryphia lucida is nearly over above the greenhouse – I missed it. Eucryphia lucida A young…

…but we will be letting in more east and northeast wind into the main garden so we must expect a few big trees to blow down above the clearing. Fortunately…

…to shoot quite well. The tree was over mature, very elderly and in serious need of rejuvenation but a big risk with a historic tree which came here in 1923….