…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 Sequoiadendron giganteum…

…Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Bowling Green’ 2023 – CHW The first primrose on Christmas Day – in full leaf also. A half dead Rhaphiolepis has collapsed. Rhaphiolepis The Camellia x…

…unless 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…

…byzantine cock pheasant happily munches his way through the primrose flowers outside the front door. This is his territory and, although I have yet to see any hens nearby, he…

…– CHW The first primrose on the bank outside the front door. Not a record early appearance I suspect. first primrose on the bank Erica arborea now full out having…

…with its first flowers in the Rockery. Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ The first snowdrop flower partly eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose…

…primrose which was once a cross with my mother’s Primula ‘Wanda’ (dark purple) which grew in a line on the edge of the border opposite the front door. first coloured…

…this winter. snowdrops A primrose on Christmas Day and now, suddenly, loads of them all over the place! primrose The Camellia reticulata seedlings are starting into flower towards the 4-in-Hand….

…pampas grass flowers on the islands in the lake show up well. pampas grass flowers 2016 – CHW This is the first primrose out on the bank opposite the front…

…did not agree with the identification of our Rhus species. A primrose in flower in October! primrose in flower Ripe seed for Asia to collect on Styrax shiraianus. Styrax shiraianus…

…also taken well. Meliosma parviflora A primrose in July! Only in a very wet and good growing year. primrose Picrasma quassioides has flowered for the first time and is now…

…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 growing…

…2003 – FJW Might soon call this Sunday ‘Primrose Day’. 1998 – FJW Snow on Easter Sunday. No swallows seen. Cold and floods up country. Camellias A+. 1996 – FJW…

…few daffs besides Polyanthus coming through the ground, mainly maximus. I picked a lot of yellow Polyanthus Primrose. D phaloenopsis is at its best. I saw the first Iris stylosa….

…summit of Fan Si Pan, Lao Cai County, P R Vietnam.Rhododendron suoilenhense. Grandia subsection. Forms a spreading tree well clad in very large silvery leaves. Primrose yellow flowers with a…

…lot of daffs of all ages have moved up. 1906 – JCW Several coums open, a good few daffs up. 1897 – JCW Jack [Williams] picked the first wild primrose….

…JCW A good few daffs above ground in the pans and in the open. Cam sasanqua hangs on. Several coums open. An odd wild primrose, a good lot of lapagerias….

…kinds of Caucasicum. 1901 – JCW A very few roses left. Coums coming on fast. A few Iris alata. 1900 – JCW Didden [A M Williams] picked the first primrose….

…FJW Mild 2001 – FJW Still raining hard 1992 – FJW Very mild – It has been dry for 2-3 weeks. Early Williamsii excellent. 1986 – FJW Packed first primrose…

…spell started.1959 – FJW B.N.A saw first primrose, November pink good – garden very late.1953 – FJW There are still buds on Mag Grandiflora and Eucryphia pinatafolia has flowers. Heaths…