…Dwarfish growing. Delphinium ‘Bolero’ We have all voted Brexit in the UK referendum today in the Magnolia Tea Rooms polling station here. The two tellers expected a ‘big turnout’ but…

…great show and will soon join up into a big clump. A very vigorous species planted with plenty of room in full sun. Philadelphus caucasicus Philadelphus caucasicus Philadelphus caucasicus Aesculus…

…Fraxinus ornus Fraxinus ornus Fraxinus ornus Fraxinus ornus The base of the toppled turkey oak from a week ago and a big gap in the treeline along the Burncoose front…

…the Trevennen helmet A pendulous Styrax japonicus suddenly puts up a new leading shoot on the main ride. Styrax japonicus The big leafed rhodos have really enjoyed the heavy rain….

…Rhododendron elliotii Rhododendron elliotii Rhododendron elliotii These are alongside a big laurel clearing undertaken while I have been away at Chelsea. Half a big old clump has been cut down…

…heterophylla I have ever seen growing outside is still doing well. Sollya heterophylla Sollya heterophylla A big rhododendron with little new growth this year is struggling big rhododendron 2022 –…

…2 Magnolia veitchii. It may now be dead but there is a big and seemingly flowerless plant half way along Bond Street. One has to say that the double flower…

…griersonianum nearly over. Rhododendron griersonianum Photinia macrophylla with neither big leaves nor flowers but this plant suffered in The Beast. Photinia macrophylla Photinia macrophylla 2017 – CHW A trip to…

…Erica hybrida just shows flower. I have made a big bed of Primula forrestii. 1920 – JCW Much as the above but it is even now a wonderful autumn. Camellia…

…hydrangeas on the drive. hydrangeas on the drive hydrangeas on the drive 2017 – CHW A trip to Forty Acre Wood to inspect the biggest Schefflera macrophylla. Some leaves dropping…

…the frost. Erica darleyense quite nice. Some lapagerias left and odd roses. Plenty of Camellias out, a big vase cut both speciosa hybrids and early double white from below Engine…

…working days. A very big mess for token staff. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis is open but has not set for bloom as in warmer seasons. No flowers on the…

…be a competition between large gardens to produce the Davidia with the biggest girth. Davidia involucrata Gutter damage in the winds on the Stable Flat. Gutter damage Actinidia deliciosa with…

…badly flooded for first time since they were drained – much rain. 1961 – FJW Few flowers on George Blandford. 1952 – CW There has been a big storm and…

…Dahlia tenuicaulis? Mexican dahlia species Mexican dahlia species Mexican dahlia species Mexican dahlia species 2016 – CHW A surprise Camellia japonica with a few flowers on above the big veitchii….

…Enkianthus serrulatus Styrax tonkinensis (WWJ11868) is going to be a big tree if it is hardy enough. Some side branches have died already and I cut off another today. 2017…

…cold winds. 1932 – JCW Several C sasanqua are very good indeed. Lapagerias holding on well. We cleared the big fuchsia hedge next to the Green Gate. 1926 – JCW…

…‘Woolly Mammoth’ Abies firma, the Momi fir from Japan, has very different new growth needles to its older ones. A big tree which might well go in as a replacement…

…big tidy up by Donkey Shoe by Jaimie and Michael. The Cornish Red has been trimmed back hard on the inside. A clump of camellias planted in the late 1970s…

…What a mess and how shattered are all the top branches. It will need Frankie and the big swing shovel to move the trunk next year when drier. Fortunately the…