12th February 1897 – 2020

…Red’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Winter Snow’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’ Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’ Erica

27th December

…darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica

22nd August

…natural hybrid, when you consider how common both parents are on the Lizard heaths. Best wishes, Colin Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica

6th November

…sasanqua No. 5 The tree heathers are nearly out in flower. tree heathers Camellia sasanqua No. 3 now full out. Camellia sasanqua No. 3 Bees still getting nectar from the…

14th July

Erica x williamsii as I know that Lanarth, P.D. Williams and, his son Michael, were breeders of heathers as well as daffodils. Erica x williamsii ‘Ken Wilson’ Erica x williamsii…

4th December

Erica arborea coming out above the castle. No scent today late afternoon. Erica arborea Erica arborea Worrying that this brick buttress on the top wall is breaking up largely caused…

14th December

…intermedia ‘Jelena’ Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ still with plenty of flower (hesperantha now of course!). Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ full out for Chrismas. Erica x darleyensis ‘White…

28th February 1897 – 2020

…only now at its best. Erica arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea Erica arborea 2019 – CHW The glorious weather continues. We are a month earlier magnolia wise than I can…

1st January 1897 – 2020

…No Aconite. Coums good (¾), odd bits of Erica, Erica hybrida good, some roses, some Lapagerias and Primroses. 1910 – JCW No Aconite, Coums fair, Ericas slowly coming. Rhodos –…

5th March

…the lawn has opened a lot in three days. Magnolia ‘Delia Williams’ Ivy removed today from the elderly heathers at the Four in Hand. View 5th March 1897 – 2020…

3rd February

…are nearing the end of their lives. The tree heathers and large clump of Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ are still there. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomium Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomium If you…

7th March

…plants and 40 camellias sold in the last three weeks. sales point sales point Erica lusitanica and Rhododendron praecox. Is Erica lusitanica really any different from the Erica arborea which…

1st December

…ones at the Four in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another row of leylandii and bay trees…

25th December

…unmoved. Erica arborea in flower.1900 – JCW Many Stylosa alba open. 80 lapageria on one plant. Coum one third open. Erica arborea in flower. Picked a good Mrs W.J Grant….

6th December

Erica hybrida not yet open. Roses (a few) in the Tin Garden. 1915 – JCW The lapagerias are yet nice. Cam sasanqua gives a few more flowers. Erica hybrida begin…

13th March

…tricolor looking good with Erica arborea Unfrosted Echium pininana and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ make an unusual combination in early March! Echium pininana and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Erica arborea…

28th November

…colour. C sasanquas frosted. Erica darleyense not quite open. 1922 – JCW Roses – lapagerias – hydrangeas – Erica darleyense are all fair. I saw the first bit of Hamamelis…

19th November

…of new growth from the nearby wisteria. Erica arborea Erica arborea The new shop is getting there but by no means finished yet. new shop new shop new shop Sarcococca…

7th November

…pale Camellia saluenensis. The darker form has yet to show. Camellia saluenensis Erica lusitanica flowering amid a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just…

3rd January

…‘Delia Williams’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’ Erica arborea now perhaps the best thing in the garden today. Erica arborea Erica arborea Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Harry’ in the nursery is…