…crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Magnolias just starting outside the back yard. Magnolias 2020 – CHW Off to inspect young magnolias in flower to see what is ‘new’. Also…

…aethiopica still in full normal growth and untouched by winter. Zantedeschia aethiopica Primroses now aplenty on the bank outside the front door. Primroses Snowdrops and cyclamen with the primroses. Snowdrops…

…arranger of his age. 1923 – JCW Rhododendron eximium in the 40 Acres is, as regards its young growth, with a wonderful beauty now. The Sasanquas are nice some of…

…which it weeps over so one can look up at it. Not as weeping as Stryrax japonica ‘Pendulus’ (white flowers) but droopy and hides its beauty. The flowers have a…

…outside the front door today the mass of primroses have all vanished as have the massed ranks of bluebells. Instead we have grasses, and in the shade, a nice clump…

…against ‘climate change’. Extremism should not win when set against calm, beauty and photosynthesising plants! Do cows really fart enough to affect the ozone layer or is this also deliberate…

…are interesting. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ looks great in the sun. 2023 – CHW The Eden Project have spent 6 weeks trying to come here to collect the wildflower seeds…

…this same plant has rather darker flowers and was out a month earlier. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ I said earlier in March that the primroses outside the front door were…

…to properly appreciate their beauty. One of the very best blue flowers. P. tomentosa is said to produce a good tree crown on a single stem (with suckering) but our…

…Le Bois Marquis – Viburnum nervosum – Viburnum nudum Pink Beauty – Viburnum propinquum – Viburnum prunifolium Mrs Henry Large – Viburnum recognitum – Viburnum sieboldii Seneca – Viburnum sympodiale…