28th December

…Hamamelis mollis – larger sized plants. Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – small sized plants. Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – small sized plants Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – large sized…

13th January

…x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Coombe Wood’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Coombe Wood’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Hamamelis…

19th January

…x intermedia ‘Aurora’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Feuerzauber’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Feuerzauber’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia…

8th January

…Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ very fine by the tills. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ a very good dark red. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’…

17th February

…is late into flower the reference books say. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Manley Cottage…

20th January

…‘Aphrodite’ Also first flowers on Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diana’ – planted 2021. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diana’ And Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ – planted 2021. Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ And Hamamelis x intermedia…

29th January 1897 – 2020

…Red’ Helleborus ‘Anna’s Red’ Also out today was the new Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pinish Orange’. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pinish Orange’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pinish Orange’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Rubin’ was…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ corylopsis on Rookery Path Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Rubin’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Rubin’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Rubin’ Betual albosinensis ‘Kenneth Ashburner’ Betual albosinensis…

13th September

…in the nursery than in the garden. Stachyurus praecox One forgets how good the Hamamelis autumn colour can be too. Here Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold…

29th December

…‘Brigadoon’ Swelling buds on Magnolia doltsopa. Magnolia doltsopa Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ is the first Hamamelis I have seen out apart from nursery stock. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’…

8th February

…snowdrops 2025 – CHW All that is left of the once enormous Hamamelis mollis in the Lower Quarry Nursery bed. Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis The taller growing Galanthus…

14th December

…in a tunnel. Solarium jasminum ‘Album’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ just out. Other varieties still to show colour. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ still with plenty of flower…

20th December

…a National Collection at Burncoose. Pseudopanax Surprisingly early flowers on Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’. Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Good colour on Acer palmatum ‘Red Pygmy’. Acer palmatum ‘Red Pygmy’ Sally…

15th January

…I have seldom planted Hamamelis here as nobody ever sees them and we had previously found them suspect to Phytophthora ramorum. However I had forgotten this Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby…

15th February

…Promise’ flowering well. Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Arnold Promise’ Grevillea ‘Ignite’ in flower by the till. Grevillea ‘Ignite’ Grevillea ‘Ignite’ Cyclamen coum ‘Album’ in full flower….

17th March

…– the last of the witch hazels to be out in the nursery. Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Magnolia ‘China Town’ (syn. ‘Jing Ning’) in full flower. Magnolia ‘China…

7th December

…Turning colder. 1931 – JCW Hamamelis just showing colour just as in 1930. 1930 – JCW One Maddeni at the brown gate, one Roylei picked. Hamamelis just show flowers. Some…

3rd January

…today. Erica arborea Erica arborea Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ in the nursery is a new variety to me and rather good. Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ 2024…

3rd January 1897- 2020

…these magnolia pictures will be poor in the rain but it stops mid morning. 2001 – FJW Still raining! 1933 – JCW Very little in flower, exception 8 Hamamelis mollis….

4th January 1897- 2020

…good – Early pink forms of Saluensis and Hamamelis. A few Sutchuenense hybrids. A good pink one in beech walk best. Frost has cut an odd early Rho Thompsonii but…