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

…Hoya australis Hoya australis Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’…

22nd August

…williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Erica x williamsii Schefflera delavayi Also below is my reply to Colin.Dear Colin, I attach the Hilliers entry for 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

…full flower. I need to do more research at home on Erica x williamsii as I know that Lanarth, P.D. Williams and, his son Michael, were breeders of heathers as…

4th December

…wallichii Sarcocca wallichii 2017 – CHW Erica arborea coming out above the castle. No scent today late afternoon. Erica arborea Erica arborea Worrying that this brick buttress on the top…

14th December

…for Chrismas. Erica x darleyensis ‘White Perfection’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ likewise. Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ 2016 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ just out through…

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 –…

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…

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…

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…

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…

7th November

…Camellia saluenensis Erica lusitanica flowering amid a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just turning. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Plenty of flowers still opening on…

19th November

…yellowing foliage on the long tendrils of new growth from the nearby wisteria. Erica arborea Erica arborea The new shop is getting there but by no means finished yet. new…

28th November

…mollis is moving but not showing colour. C sasanquas frosted. Erica darleyense not quite open. 1922 – JCW Roses – lapagerias – hydrangeas – Erica darleyense are all fair. I…

1st December

…the middle bank as usual. The ones at the Four in Hand have been out for a few weeks already. Erica arborea Erica arborea Nearby the men have downed another…

6th December

…much cold so far. Camellia speciosa and sasanqua show colour. Erica hybrida and Cotoneaster salicifolia are the best thing. I saw a flower on Mag delavayi three days ago in…

25th December

…but several perhaps nearly all the unmoved. Erica arborea in flower.1900 – JCW Many Stylosa alba open. 80 lapageria on one plant. Coum one third open. Erica arborea in flower….

6th September

…the nursery. A great autumn flowering variety. Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’ Erica cinerea ‘Joseph Murphy’ Crocosmia ‘Mistral’ also looking better than I have seen it before. Crocosmia ‘Mistral’ Crocosmia ‘Mistral’…