20th August

…and other winter migrant birds. Crataegus monogyna (hawthorn) laden with seeds Sorbus aucuparia (mountain ash) with perhaps the finest crop of all. mountain ash And of course Quercus robar (English…

10th August

…– JCW Michael went round with me, he has not been here since January 15, he was very keen about the things, nothing much open now but the mountain forms….

8th August

…– JCW Some R decorum, Auriculatum going over, several kinds of mountain rhodo’n show flowers. 10332 is the best. Buddleia veitchii is nearly over, the dark one is good. The…

4th August

…rhytidophyllum Viburnum parvifolium – (BSWJ 76768). This is a mountain shrub from Taiwan and there is argument over the name which should perhaps be Viburnum yamadae? Dense habit and tiny…

13th June

…hunt out Rhododendron megacalyx. Rhododendron nuttallii Rhododendron nuttallii Rhododendron nuttallii Rhododendron nuttallii Buddleia loricata, mountain sage, just coming out by the shop. It hardly looks like a buddleia! I guessed…

26th February

…well out, Maximus half open, Heaths good, one incomp open, several nice Camellias open. Snow on the mountain out. Garden after tea with D. 1908 – JCW Caerhays daffodil very…

1st September

…hydrangeas are good. 1916 – JCW Bits of flower on the following rhodo’s – about 5 mountain species, decorum, chrysanthum, venustum, flavidum and auriculatum. The solanum is good, lapageria fair….

21st July

…the grass has been cut.Buddleia loricata with orange centres to its flowers by the shop. Buddleia loricata Buddleia loricata Buddleia loricata Mountain sage from S. Africa. Prumnopitys andina, the Chilean…

26th August

…Werrens. 1966 – FJW All corn in and only one field to bale – marvellous yield. 1916 – JCW Just as in 1914 for flower, several mountain rhodo’s show flowers….

16th August

…from lack of labour and energy. The buddleias are good also odd flowers are open on Auriculatum, Brachycarpum, Caucasicum, Primulicum with other mountain forms including Hippophaeoides which is very pretty….