16th December

…Acacia baileyana almost out in flower rather earlier than usual although this is a young and vigorous tree. Acacia baileyana 2022 – CHW Sheets of ice everywhere. The pair of…

14th December

…snap continues. The Back Yard is a sheet of ice. Freezing rain showers. Roads unsafe.Rhododendron augustinii with a few secondary flowers by Tin Garden.# Rhododendron augustinii At the top of…

5th December

…Prunus autumnalis, on caucasicum series not much. A very cold wind no real ice so far. 1929 – JCW The worst wind smash in the New Planting we have ever…

20th May

…revival for towing the (locally popular) government diktat now that the police can do little to interrogate people in cars or turn them away.Boris has got this right!By June the…

17th April

…and southern Europe. Planted in far too prominent a position. Prunus mahaleb 2021 – CHW The yellowish Magnolia ‘Sundance’ against a blue sky. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ just coming out….

30th January

…‘Narumigata’ x C. reticulata ‘Damanao’). Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia reticulata ‘Show Girl’ Camellia ‘Christmas Beauty’ with its first late January flower! A nice enough red and new to us….