1st November

…CHW Sweet chestnuts covered in fruits but the seeds themselves are small this year and mainly not worth attempting to roast. Sweet chestnuts Camellia taliensis now full out in flower….

9th April

…‘Pendulum’ Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pygmaeum’ A gnarled old sweet chestnut that may or may not have passed the annual health and safety tree inspection report. sweet chestnut 2016 – CHW Amid…

4th September

‘Sweet Sixteen’. Note ripe yet by any means. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Aesculus californica also has a few smallish seed pods as it did last year. For Asia to observe and…

6th April

…path in Old Park. Top path The Forestry Commission have asked us to cut off the younger shoots from the base of sweet chestnuts to avoid them getting infected with…

3rd August

…out to put more energy into the fruits. plums plums Mr Caws with his pride and joy (still sober)! The crop of sweet pea flowers is nearly over but a…

5th November

…a sweet chestnut has made a huge mess. sweet chestnut A telegraph pole at Rescassa but the beaters trailer managed to get underneath. telegraph pole A fair mess at Treluckey…

27th June

…of lorry loads of plants We seem to have bought in Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’ to sell at the show. Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’ Hydrangea arborescens ‘Sweet Annabelle’ has also been bought…

16th October

…Choji Guruma Early Pearly Elfin Rose Frosted Star Hiryu Look Away Marshmallow Narumigata Night Rider Pink Goddess Plantation Pink Sekiyo Setsugekka Spring Fling Survivor Sweet Olive Tada Meibi Versicolor Virginia…

9th October

…No sweet peas. 1905 – JCW Came from Scotland. Clematis paniculata good and full of promise. Cyclamen, roses, sweet peas, woodwardias are all good. No sign of iris moving. 1903…

30th May

…good, Fortunei sweet scented good but passing. C montana rubra over, Dalhousi passing, Bardon over, sweet scented Soulangeana hybrids nice. 1905 – JCW Viburnum plicatum, later Azaleas coming on, no…