…keeper here and at Longleat wins a team prize. My daughter Serena comes third in the ladies competition and we risk a kiss. (After the recent ladies football world cup…

…Rhododendron desquamatum For the record I attach a copy of the front of The Field with my daughter Serena and a copy of some recent publicity in the Sunday Telegraph….

…Rhododendron keysii 2020 – CHW A little bit of history to add to the absurdities and real problems of lockdown. My daughter has been trying to get married to an…

…more friends and acquaintances ring and email with good and sad news about their predicament. My daughter, Serena, was in isolation having been abroad recently but has now been ‘furloughed’…

…loads of bud a fortnight or so off. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ A drowning yesterday evening off East Portholland. Scuba diving apparently. Father died and one daughter also taken in the…

…ground. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Earlier in the week a sad moment when the family of Pam Kitts placed a beautiful bench in memory of Pam and her daughter on the lawn…

…3. The recently deceased/flowered Fargesia murielie was a Wilson introduction named after his daughter, Muriel. 4. The 1665 great plague in the UK post-dated a massive bamboo inflorescence in China…

…sells out by 2.15. Food stalls Mevagissey choir were impressive but so were Swamp Circus, Tregony Teachers and Suzi, the vicar’s daughter, who sang beautifully. Mevagissey choir Archery and axe…