…here yet and no hint of colour. Sapium sebiferum hated last winter and looked sickly in the spring but has enjoyed the heat and recovered well. Sapium sebiferum Melicytus crassifolius…

…into the machine you will not get fined (providing you have paid!). In winter we will not charge for the first hour but then perhaps £1.00 per day.There will probably…

…the worst of the winter. Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ Camellia ‘Kerguelen’ 2020 – CHW The large Eupatorium ligustrinum on Bond Street looks…

…undertaken over the winter months. Our liner order arrives from here France today. Very well packed but it will take someone a day to unpack it ready for potting. Our…

…Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Drimys granatensis v. grandiflora (BSWJ 10777) planted last autumn has not enjoyed the winter and is half dead. Drimys granatensis v. grandiflora (BSWJ 10777) Bird shit from…

…exposed and less sunny side of the gallery roof this winter is a mystery. It has never occurred before. The suppliers of the UV film said we could wash off…

…winter sheds. They had a tremendous fight and made a fair mess in the field as you can see but have now settled down. bulls Magnolia ‘Wada’s Memory’ full out…

…Arum lillies have at least half a dozen flower stems appearing with one showing colour. Not quite as early as last year but another product of a mild winter. Arum…

…parents drive the cygnets away out to sea in the autumn but this last crop stayed all winter. Will the mother return? Is the newly arrived swan her former mate?…

…some odd reason, there are still some decent ones left today on the very lowest branches. Prunus incisa Leaves just emerging on Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to…

…globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ (V. calvum x V. davidii) – the original Hillier plant from 1964. Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ pruned…

…winter dieback. (HWJ 946). Not that happy in too hot a location. Ilex chapaensis Picconia azorica making excellent new growth and now about 5 feet tall. I wonder when it…

…Azalea ‘Melina’ 2019 – CHW I think those fuchsias beside the house have flowered all autumn and all winter. Now they are off again. Just shows what an ultra-mild winter…

…in full new growth with its yellow winter needles now vanishing until the autumn. Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’ Philadelphus caucasicus now full out and very fine! Philadelphus caucasicus Philadelphus caucasicus Photinia…

…Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ with no cold damage from last winter. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Arisaema going to seed? Arisaema Salvia cacaliifolia – introduced 1858. Salvia cacaliifolia Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’. Salvia…

…mile or so from Thompson’s. The outdoor plant sales area was poor and rather tired. Clearly all new stock of herbaceous things but the shrubs had had a bad winter….

…after a very mild winter. An expensive casualty but there we go. Schefflera trevesioides (BWJ 15158) 2023 – CHW Further investigations in the greenhouse.A flower still on Magnolia laevifolia x…

…branch huge fir branch Still a winter mess here to clear up but no new planting places. It has hurt Lord Falmouth’s Liquidamber a bit. Another good clump of Rhododendron…

…over?The Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ which was felled by a large leylandii in the winter has reshot with great vigour. We saw this three months ago. It is in a…

…aspera ‘Kawakamii’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ Surprisingly Rhododendron ‘Winter Intruder’ is reshooting vigorously. The whole clump would benefit from a haircut. Need to remind Jaimie as there is quite a bit…