14th December

…fade. Correa harrisii Correa harrisii Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’ with flowers. Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’ The magnolia tunnel all tidied and re-potted. See the before and after! magnolia tunnel magnolia tunnel Solarium…

14th February

…especially when the cold rain started. The wind has covered our new plants for planting out with leaves and debris. Asia has attempted to put proper scratch labels on each…

3rd April

…seedling to ‘Star Wars’. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Syringa pinnatifolia in flower below the dump. Luckily I have the saw to cut off the usual root stock growths on this grafted…

9th November

…has had one side stripped up to 15 feet. Probably we should start again. A Cornus decimated too but the Nyssa sylvatica has escaped. The last of the original Rhododendron…

10th February

…‘Dawn’ Magnolia figo hybrid Magnolia ‘Little Starlet’/ unknown parentage, most likely a hybrid between M laevifolia and M compressa Magnolia sp. Ogisu 700 / Magnolia sinensis Ogisu 700, from Sichuan…

11th February

…Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose Marie Rominas Pink Sybille dawsoniana Valley Splendour stellata Wisley Stardust R&G Celtis sinensisPavia Euonymus americanusAvaxa 1 Acer macrophyllum 1 Berberis jamesiana 1 Berberis…

21st September

…growth. What a lovely pink it is too! pink lapageria pink lapageria 2016 – CHW Schefflera pauciflora has been nibbled by deer and was a very leggy plant to start…

16th June

…main charity. The grand opening A fleet of Tuk-tucks to ferry visitors the church. A fleet of Tuk-tucks Bouncy castle. Bouncy castle The start of the 5km race. The start…

23rd February

…squirrel. In fact the buds on Black Tulip, Apollo, Genie and Star Wars were also eaten. Taking into account that our trees are still small, the damage was devastating. We…

27th February

…soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) only just starting but not that different today to ‘Aphrodite’ as you can see. These last 3 in Area 24 of Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’…