Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019

[David Nicholson]

Lovely day today with a hazy sun in a blueish sky and temperature around lunch-time hovering close to 14C. So good for the first visit of the year to Knighshayes Court just outside Tiverton in Devon probably a 45 minute drive for us.

First three general views:-
Camellia transnokoensis, native to Taiwan with a most beautiful scent. (two pictures)

 

[David Nicholson]

Horse racing in GB has been abandoned recently owing to cases of equine flue. It hasn't bothered this chap though!
Lovely clumps of Dogwoods around the garden of which this is just one.
I do like dark forms of Crocus tommasinianus, and just two here.
Not many Narcissus cyclamineus around the garden, but a small clump here.

[David Nicholson]

A springtime selection (two pictures)
Just one of many Hellebores.

[David Nicholson]

... and to finish, well there had to be some Snowdrops, all over the garden. Just a few pictures here with the last two showing what I thought to be the longest Snowdrop I've ever seen. Must have been a clump of around 30 cms high. Can anyone say what it is?

[Julia]

Lovely seeing some spring flowers

[Leena]

Thank you David for the spring scenes!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks David, seems like a lovely place to visit !

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for responding Julia, Leena and Luc, glad you enjoyed the pictures. It's nice to get  a response, doesn't happen as often as it used to these days. I'm just preparing to post some more pictures of Fridays trip to The Garden House, hope you get chance to look at them later on.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi David,
We got to visit in May (in 2017) so it’s nice to see pics from a different season
cheers
fermi (nearly home, now in Singapore and flying out this evening)

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Fermi, have a good trip.

[fermi de Sousa]

Sorry, David, I meant to send that message on the thread about the Garden House!
cheers
fermi

[David Nicholson]

Don't worry mate it's just an age thing