…The best plants included: Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron ‘Leonardslee Primrose’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ A hundred and twenty foot tall Sequoiadendron giganteum…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The first primrose on Christmas Day – in full leaf also. A half…

…the pheasants get at them first. SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Primrose’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Primrose’ – I do not really like common (vulgaris) lilacs because they remind me of Chelsea…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ 2020 – CHW The first primrose on the bank outside the front door. Not a record early appearance…

…magnolia paintings. The sea rages. gale is battering the castle front Meanwhile, in the gale, a byzantine cock pheasant happily munches his way through the primrose flowers outside the front…

…the cold vernalised snowdrops into springing into flower but we have had only 1 days frost (a month ago) this winter. snowdrops A primrose on Christmas Day and now, suddenly,…

…true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A smashing display of wild Cyclamen coum above the gents’ loo. wild Cyclamen coum And the first coloured primrose which was once a cross…

…eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose similarly devoured by something. primrose Wild daffodils almost with flower buds showing. Only a few…

…primrose out on the bank opposite the front door. I saw it a week ago first. No others yet showing. first primrose 2015 – CHW Christmas Eve – still in…

…their best. They seldom look up as my father always said. Primroses Scilla peruviana just out by the front door. Not flowering well this year. Scilla peruviana A solitary primrose…