…night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night magnolias on Friday night Acacia potaczeki was attractive and new to me. Acacia potaczeki Acacia potaczeki Pieris…

…few good camellias on the way:Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ – still a sparse flowerer at a young age. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia reticulata – white form is new to us. Crinkly…

…electric popemobile pass close by just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a two and a half hour drinks party) and the corks begin to…

…– CHW Colder with yet more east wind. It has been dry now for a fortnight. First flowering here that I have seen of Rhodoleia aff. parvipetata (WWJ 11943) which…

…house. Camellia ‘Night Rider’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ 2020 – CHW How much longer can the BBC keep the death panic going?Clearly they are itching to get the death statistics ever…

…ground cover plants were a revelation here. We were shown around by the owners Andrew and Vicky Roberts. No longer regularly open to the public. Disporum ‘Night Heron’. Disporum ‘Night…

…Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last flower or two on Camellia reticulata…

…we have a fairly untended garden as turds on the beach are a ‘no, no’! 2016 – CHW The yellow Labrador, Nutty, ran off on the foreshore late last night…

…Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’. Enormous flowers and very reddish leaves. Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Starry Starry Night’ A new catalogue entry is Hoya carnosa ‘Silver Spots’….

Next Day > < Previous Day View 5th January 1897 – 2020 CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The Echiums dislike the second night…

…reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ Camellia ‘Night Rider’ which grows by the mist houses at Burncoose. Not a very vigorous grower but what a colour when first out. Darker even than ‘Midnight…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Strong westerly gales overnight. The first daffodil bulbs I have seen above the…

…Storm Ciaran went through in the night and the day was reasonably dry and uneventful. 2022 – CHW First flowers now open on Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’. Camellia x…

…leptophylla 2020 – CHW Billy was put down last night at 9pm aged 15½ years. The trip of a lifetime when he was bitten by an adder on a grouse…

…by way of contrast. Eriobotrya japonica 2023 – CHW Depressing to find yet more storm damage hidden away. Only a fortnight until the start of leaf blowing and now so…

…20 year old shrub. Pseudocydonia sinensis Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ by the arch is nearly out. This has happened more or less overnight with a bit of help from the wind….

…One branch fell a week ago and the big lot last night or the night before. Not perhaps odd that we did not hear it in the gales and thunder….

…rain each year. 41mm last night! Cordyline and gunnera Buxus harlandii in flower and as a tall hedge. Buxus harlandii Buxus harlandii Off to Illnacullen Island which is run and…

…the teeth marks on the fruit in the bowl on the kitchen table are now explained. Not mice or the dogs!Another night of severe wind has put paid to several…

…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…