…x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ out in flower already. Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ White Cyclamen in profussion for a Channel Island customer. White Cyclamen…

…mucronulatum Azalea ‘Greenway’ with its usual winter offering of a few flowers. The first and only flower on Rhododendron moupinense on the drive below Red Linney. Rhododendron moupinense Rhododendron nobleanum…

…viable. Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus Lithocarpus Pachyphyllus A fine crop of tree fern seedlings in the quarry. Asia and Cressy need to dig these over the winter and take to Burncoose. Tree…

…Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Flowers on Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillere’ Furst flower on Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’. Camellia japonica ‘Magnoliiflora’ Also on Camellia japonica ‘Margherita…

…Wintergold’ Pinus mugo ‘Carstens Wintergold’ Pinus mugo ‘Carstens Wintergold’ Sorbus japonica still covered in berries. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Buds now showing on Michelia doltsopa. Michelia doltsopa Early and storm…

…Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ untouched by frost or gales on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’. Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ An out of season and frosted flower or two on…

…trunk of Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’. Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ and Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ and Camellia japonica ‘Takanini’ Podocarpus lambertii is growing…

…the garden. Anything evergreen gets nibbled – here a Viburnum. 3 roe deer seen today Tetradium var. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is untouched by the winter thus far and is growing…

…the winter. This one clearly hadn’t. Bomarea cassaldii Clianthus maximus (much rarer than C. punicus) was a striking red. Tom said all the native plants in one valley in New…

…with this impressive and relatively newly introduced species. Halesia macgregorii Halesia macgregorii Plenty of swelling buds and a full set of leaves so far this winter on Michelia ‘Touch of…

…and hollow trees already in such a mild winter. So far only a few have been caught but food is much scarcer now. 2019 – CHW First flowers on the…

…Very red leaves which may or may not hold through the winter. unnamed Eriobotrya unnamed Eriobotrya Turpinia formosana – a gift from the Taiwan Forestry Institute. It would seem Asia…

…an FJW hybrid between decorum and ‘Winter Intruder’ which seems improbable. Only one of the three in the clump is out and I do not think we have ever seen…

…storms and heavy rain – though North and central parts of British Isles affected worse than us. Beach defences badly hit. Williamsii at peak or past their best. Winter Intruder…

…CHW A few more glimpses of the results of a very mild winter. One night of hard frost and hard ground and four to six days starting with a bit…

…cirrhosa var. balerica and Smilax discotis intertwined together. The clematis flowers brighten up the unusual evergreen foliage of Smilax discotis which shows some winter scorching but a good combination of…

…the top wall and still in leaf after this mild winter. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Flowers on a young Lindera praecox ready now for planting out. A new species to us…

…to admire the magnolias at their very best.Strangely the Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ has no leaves at all despite the mildest of winters. This normally at least semi evergreen tree…

…Messel’. Sorbus ‘Leonard Messel’ Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ just finishing flowering. Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ 2022 – CHW A press release from the RCM Group attached. Several of…

…actually went into hospital. It is therefore likely that medical care is hardly necessary for the vast majority of people who are infected.No worse than a bout of winter flu…