…setigerum just coming into leaf and flower. Nice new growth. Viburnum setigerum Viburnum setigerum Viburnum setigerum Magnolia ‘Honey Flower’ too young to take much notice of yet. Magnolia ‘Honey Flower’…

…‘Alice in Wonderland’. Heavily pruned yew hedges The base of the gigantic Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii nicely in bud. Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Paeonia lutea var….

…whole problem with the COVID disaster. Health before everything with the politicians being blinded by political risk and the initial false scientific advice of Professor Ferguson. Would that Boris had…

…buds in Kennel Close turns out to be Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’. Label has vanished. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Aesculus woerlitzensis is nicely in flower. I do not think…

…grow here. This one in full sun and fully exposed to the wind. Pittosporum dallii Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ growing (unlike ours) in a windy position. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’…

…this oak but I have sadly forgotten it. oak Sorbus dunnii looking good. Sorbus dunnii Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) growing on rather…

…blue cedar was planted on 24th April 1984. I could not remember the other day. blue cedar Camellia ‘Show Girl’ is out. A tiny bud but a huge flower which…

…been installed by Mark Pheasey at the lower end of the lake. new wooden sluice gate new wooden sluice gate I have been inspecting the Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ (‘Gauntlettii’) beside…

…tower. Cotoneaster franchetii A few secondary flowers on Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’. Ceanothus ‘Trewithen Blue’ 5 new water butts for collecting and storing water in the garden for the next drought….

…Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ on the path to Bramble Field. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue…

…Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ just out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ just out beside it. A strong colour this year although this 2003 planted…

…28°C as we hit the second heatwave and real deaths now. Out best blue mophead hydrangeas shrivel before our eyes. blue mophead hydrangeas Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ now full out and…

…in the summer as you can see and now a second crop which start white then go blue. Not exactly what you would expect to find in November! Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’…

…flowered last autumn is out again. The flowers look a bit premature and are not quite fully formed. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ A light blue hydrangea still full…

…has its first few flowers (Camellia japonica x Camellia lutchuensis). Camellia ‘Quintessence’ The first (Spanish) bluebells are just out a bit later than for the last two years I think….

…up the water meadows. islands under water islands under water islands under water islands under water King Charles’ 1984 planted blue cedar tree is looking rather battered. King Charles’ 1984…

…its leaves Spiraea prunifolia Spiraea prunifolia Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ – one to get for the catalogue Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ Beberis x stenophylla ‘Lemon Queen’ Pulmonaria ‘Blue…

…Alba’ Karol looking pleased with himself as we label Kalopanax septemlobus. Does not the blue label look great! Gold labels for UK and Ireland trees. Blue labels for Cornish (only)…

…no idea. Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ A nice showing of dwarf blue iris in pots too. dwarf blue…

…discover a nice clump of three youngish Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi by Georges Hut. Just one flower left. The original plant is on its last legs and will be dead…