23rd April

…reticulata ‘Christopher Petherick’ Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’. Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’ Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’ Camellia japonica ‘Matt Rubb’ – a late season performer and perhaps the…

1st August

…wind. We stock this one but this looks a bit different? Penstemon ‘Blackbird’ Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ before the older flowers fade in colour. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Spiraea japonica…

15th April

…after deer-stalking. Yours sincerely, F. Gomer Waterer. 1926 – JCW Daffs are over. The May poet is in the house. The Souleii hybrids are very very good. Maddeni’s just opening…

11th October

…rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum nocturnum Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ covered in flower. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ with autumn colour and still a few late…

20th May

…Montana ¾ of its best. Van Tubergens Iris are over. 1908 – JCW R roylei nice, Montana rubra over. 1906 – JCW A little pink May, a few Waterers, Azaleas…

21st May

…over, Auklandii nice. Mrs Butler and Falconeri over, Viburnum plicatum and Sappho the two best things. Thomsoni pink coming, white going, Waterer’s good. 1910 – JCW A fair lot of…

3rd June

…fine but I remember ‘Fabia’ as a darker colour and more reddish. On looking it up we now have Fabia Group. This lot look like ‘Fabia Waterer’ (dichroanthum x griersonianum)….

4th June

…in the Drive. Madame Lemoine lilac good for a week, all but the Waterer rhodo’s are over now. Loder’s White good yet. Viburnum plicatum and mariesii good. 1913 – JCW…

12th July

…much. 1916 – JCW G Waterer came for the day. R brunonis at its best. Azaleas over except viscosum. Fortunei open, just at their best but only a few flowers….

13th June

…P. helodoxa is very good. The following rhodo’s are in flower – R brachycarpum, R brachyanthum, R zealanicum, R lepidotum, bits of Auklandii, various Azalea hybrids and Waterer hybrids including…