12th April 1897 – 2020

…left. Camellia reticulata ‘Dobro’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ – another red full double. Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lady Piet’ Camellia…

10th July 1897 – 2020

…Taiko’ has this startling blue-white bi-coloured red effect but the mopheads soon burn in the sun. Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Lady Taiko’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ – purplish…

10th April 1897 – 2020

…Brilliant’ TELOPEA ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ speciosissima TELOPEA speciosissima Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ on the drive. Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ Rhododendron burmanicum equally good…

28th April

…speciosum Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Calothamnus quadrifidus – first flowers ever with us on the ‘one sided bottlebrush’. Calothamnus quadrifidus Our first plants in stock of…

29th April

…the common name. Anthyllis barba-jovie 2025 – CHW Roy Lancaster sends me a picture of our recent ‘happy gathering’ at the Hillier Arboretum with David Jewell. happy gathering The Lady’s…

29th June

…Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis Lady Cynthia Carew-Pole’s Hemerocallis What is left of the bridge at Dry Walls has had the fallen lime tree cleared away….

24th December

…Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ on the Castle wall by the front door. Plants in the garden have had flowers for 2 or 3 weeks. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Storm Darragh…

27th December

‘Lady Clare’ by the front door. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Noblissima’ beside it has a secondary or tertiary flush of flowers which are slightly wind damaged. It may well be…

28th April 1897 – 2020

…Camellia reticulata ‘Lary Piet’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ – ditto. Camellia reticulata ‘Lovely Lady’ I have often wondered how many of the original Wilson 50 evergreen azaleas we actually have…

26th April 1897 – 2020

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

16th July

…Ann’ looked good. Hebe ‘Lady Ann’ Hebe ‘Lady Ann’ Liriope muscari ‘Nigrescens’ unusually with a flower. Liriope muscari ‘Nigrescens’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia grandiflora ‘Mainstreet’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Mainstreet’ Magnolia grandiflora…

6th August

…books. It will be a nice new entry in the catalogue one day. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ 2015 – CHW A plant in the Higher…

24th August

…rostrata Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ is supposed to turn green! I suppose it may yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ looks rather droopy and…

20th February 1897 – 2020

…removed from the insipid first flowers I photographed four to six weeks ago. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ There used to be two…

18th May 1897 – 2020

…x Rhododendron formosum crosses. Hugely scented and in perfect condition today. However everything we cut turned out to be Lady Alice! Rhododendron ‘Lady Alice Fitzwilliam’ The Fuchsia exorticatica growing beside…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…Clare’ which was in the teeth of the east wind. The wonders of spring! Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Likewise on the Camellia x Williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’. Camellia x…

4th February

…on Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’ The ancient Hamamelis mollis in Lower Quarry Nursery is slowly recovering after it was cleared around to give it…

9th February

…door and rather splendid today. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia japonica ‘Sode-Gashuki’ still has plenty of flowers beside the ‘Lady Clare’ despite first showing in November….

24th June

…think. Galium verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum or Lady’s Bedstraw Lady Cynthia Carew Pole’s day lilies as good as over by the tower. The original names long last but…

31st December

…A good show on a very elderly Camellia japonica in a clump. This one with large reddish flowers. Camellia japonica Camellia japonica A Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ at the edge of…