…a pot and only outside the greenhouse in the summer. The first ever walnut was developing. Juglans neotropica 2023 – CHW Viburnum sambucinum about to flower for the first time…

…‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of red and green. A tall growing species…

…with secondary flowers in a pot in the new greenhouse. A species which we had lost. Rhododendron ferrugineum Rhododendron ferrugineum Massive leaves on a young Magnolia macrophylla. This will replace…

…something new for the 2018 catalogue. Melianthus villosus from South Africa. Melianthus leaves all right (although green) but look at the flower colour! Melianthus villosus Melianthus villosus Melianthus villosus Melianthus…

…plant above the greenhouse with the female cones was thought by us to be A. bidwillii when in fact, it is A. angustifolia, a record tree so we are not…

…place. Rhododendron ponticum Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree, planted in 2018 to commemorate 100 years at The Cottage, continues to grow well. Trevor Green’s columnar oak tree Plenty of Lesser…

…CHW The larger of the two gingkos outside the front arch is still fully green while the other (tucked away behind large Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’) is properly yellow. gingkos A…

…saw some 6 weeks ago. Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii New water tanks installed above the greenhouse and at Tin Garden. Easy access to water for newly planted things in the…

…the greenhouse or (just) outside in shelter in Cornwall. Tibouchina urvilleana Tibouchina urvilleana 2020 – CHW Cornus capitata with its huge ripe and over ripe strawberry-like fruits which the pheasants…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ – delicate and nice. Camellia sasanqua ‘Versicolor’ 2022 – CHW Ilex bioritsensis above the greenhouse is covered in, now shedding, flower. The reference books deny it is…

…Camellia saluenensis that is low down enough to photograph. Camellia saluenensis Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ looking superb today by the garden entrance. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ above the Green…

…so thankfully little damage in the garden. The water meadows flooded a bit and the swans enjoying themselves there. Storm Bert Large fungi below the greenhouse may be Lactarius deterrimus…

…a gift from Tom Hudson. Seems evergreen? Huge leaves for a styrax. Styrax sp. chinensis macrocarpa First flower out, high up, on Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ under the two Magnolia…

…benches First flowers on the semi-evergreen Rhododendron ‘Chink’. Rhododendron ‘Chink’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’ very nearly at its best. Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’ Camellia japonica ‘Silver Anniversary’ just out….

…Hovenia acerba – Illicium parviflorum Forest Green – Leitneria floridana – Salix irrorate – Sapium japonicum – Zelkova serrata Variegata 2023 – CHWAnother interesting old newspaper article from 1871 regarding…

…colours. It was near green three weeks ago. Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ Magnolia decidua finally dropping its leaves. This species does look evergreen until now despite…

…Rookery path. rhododendron blown over Far worse is the splitting in half of the very rare Styrax tonkinensis which is an evergreen. Very quick growth rates and equally quick to…

…Carlyon’ Ripe fruits already on the Hedychium. Hedychium Mahonia japonica just showing. Mahonia japonica 2022 – CHW The Kitchen Garden is greening up. Stones and roots all now in piles…

…garden today is the old group of Enkianthus chinensis outside the front gates. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Ginkgo biloba still all green. Ginkgo biloba 2023 – CHW First flowers out…

…green. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is developing slowly. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) Lindera angustifolia might have been a good show a day or two ago. Lindera…