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Title: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 13, 2019, 08:17:24 PM

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)

 

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 13, 2019, 08:24:55 PM

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.

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 13, 2019, 08:27:30 PM

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

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 13, 2019, 08:31:10 PM

... 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?

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: Julia on February 14, 2019, 01:44:52 PM

Lovely seeing some spring flowers

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: Leena on February 16, 2019, 09:50:20 AM

Thank you David for the spring scenes! :)

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on February 16, 2019, 10:21:33 AM

Thanks David, seems like a lovely place to visit !

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 16, 2019, 05:05:40 PM

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.

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 18, 2019, 01:50:45 AM

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)

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 18, 2019, 08:57:54 AM

Thanks Fermi, have a good trip.

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: fermi de Sousa on February 19, 2019, 03:35:20 AM

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

Title: Re: Knightshayes Court-February 13 2019
Post by: David Nicholson on February 19, 2019, 09:42:30 AM

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