19th July

…Flame’ with berries turning colour already. Sorbus commixta ‘Olympic Flame’ Laburnum ‘Lemon Drops’ with seed heads. Laburnum ‘Lemon Drops’ Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ with berries turning colour already. Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’…

22nd May

…We have two plants of Laburnocytisus ‘Adamii’ planted in 1991 which are currently full out. A strange cross between a laburnum and a cytisus which ought to be genetically impossible…

24th May

…best. 1906 – JCW Auklandii, fragrantissima, Mrs Butler etc going back. Viburnum, Laburnum, R roylei, R gibsoni opening. 1898 – JCW Picked some ripe G Spur and H Irving. 1897…

4th June

…first time and plicatum and laburnum good. R baylei remains good. Auklandii over. Roses nice. I go back tomorrow. 1905 – JCW Picked some Caerhays seed nearly all bad. Ponticums…