26th March

…good form. Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ The Magnolia dawsoniana seedling outside the front arch is at its best. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’….

5th March

praecox and Erica hybrids are very good.1928 – JCW A bad year for Rho praecox. Mag denudata Wilson has but one flower open. Lutescens is very good indeed.1926 – JCW…

31st March

…chinensis. It is hard to say which of the two species is the best for your own garden. Either are pretty good value! Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus…

11th April

…any match for Stachyurus chinensis in flower but these are not yet fully out and a bit chewed by roe deer. STACHYRUS praecox STACHYRUS praecox STACHYRUS praecox MAGNOLIA ‘Sunray’ MAGNOLIA…

22nd November

…yellowish-white hue here outside and quite unlike the plant in the nursery photographed yesterday. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ still has some fruits amid the last remnants of…

10th January

…var. praecox has also largely shed its bark to reveal the new trunk. What a transformation! Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera var. praecox Eucalyptus mannifera…

2nd March

…trip to Burncoose and some nice rhododendron combinations in the cash point: praecox and ‘Bric-a-Brac’ praecox and ‘Bric-a-Brac’ praecox and ‘Christmas Cheer’ praecox and ‘Christmas Cheer’ ‘Ostara’ and cilpinense ‘Ostara’…

27th February

…on a young Lindera praecox ready now for planting out. A new species to us and available at the nursery also. Lindera praecox Lindera praecox Illicium philipinense, also a new…

27th January

…near 1912 in species. Motor plough engine rolled the drive for the first time. 1912 – JCW R praecox, ciliatum, arboreum, lutescens, dahuricum, argenteum, scarlet hybrid (arbo x Thomsonii), barbatum…

19th February

…go too. Another ‘at risk’ tree in the annual survey list as dangerous to the public to cross off. beech beech Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ in the nursery. Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ 2021 –…