16th October

…The Beast in March which caught the tree in full flower with the new growth emerging and it has never recovered. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ 2017 – CHW…

13th March

…has very variable flowers as they open fully. Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Camellia ‘Pink Icicle’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ about to open. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Camellia reticulate ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ with its…

7th February

…Donkey Shoe. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ – the New Zealander form – is the best thing in the garden today. I had thought the buds were…

7th May

…Merril’ Rhododendron kiusianum with the nice darker stripe in its clustered flowers. One to remember to propagate. Rhododendron kiusianum Rhododendron ovatum and its gorgeous new growth just out together. Rhododendron…

20th April

…light. No Auklandii starting indeed there may be no buds. 1919 – JCW Reticulata nice yet. New Magnolia denudata very good and so Calophytum. Also Oleifolium. Cerasus subhirtella very nice….

25th May

…new growth. Carpinus rankanensis Azalea ‘Cinzia’ is a new variety and not in the Burncoose catalogue. Quite nice and floriferous. Azalea ‘Cinzia’ Rhododendron ‘Graziella’ nicely into flower in late May…

19th February

…2 dead with silverleaf. The heaths are nice, E darleyense has been very good since December. Camellia speciosa shows promise of being very nice, one bloom each on Magnolia kobus…

17th May

…which. Nice bark already on this one. Celtis sinensis Celtis sinensis The white flowered sport of Azalea ‘Greenway’ making a nice clump in Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ Deutzia…

13th April

…news not with something peaceful, warm or nice. In fact it was an unproven story (by their own admission) based on hearsay from a few doctors. The story was a…

12th October

…away for 3 months. The Lithospermum of Sir Francis is the best thing out. Solanums, woodwardias, cassias, musas, lemon plant are all nice. Clematis panniculata promises well. Cyclamen very nice….