15th May

…as ‘Coral Pink’. No idea of its parentage though. Different but not exciting. 1993 – FJW Wet rough spell with hail – garden past its peak. 1990 – FJW Rain…

20th April

…Pteris nipponica Pteris umbrosa Pteris umbrosa Dryopteris sieboldii Dryopteris sieboldii Pellaea rotundifolia Pellaea rotundifolia Blechnum brasiliense ‘Volcano’ Blechnum brasiliense ‘Volcano’ Doodia aspera ‘Rough Ruby’ Doodia aspera ‘Rough Ruby’ Polysticichum munitum…

21st December

…the cold snap. Sunset A rough sea today in a southerly gale. Rough seas The new water tanks in the garden are starting to fill. Tanks filling 2021 – CHW…

1st January

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW A further inspection for damage after several rough and stormy nights. Very…

8th March

…the new planting area was a question that had not been thought through. A tidy job nonetheless. cleared the laurel stumps Magnolia mollicomata ‘Mary Williams’ also at its best with…

1st May

…to molt in a rough dry wind, a very fine lot of rhodo’s out, some these the best we ever had. Cherries going back. 1913 – JCW Cherries going back,…

3rd December

…Yellow’ will soon be out as well above the Auklandii Garden. Camellia ‘Jurys Yellow’ 2015 – CHW A rough windy day but none of the rain again forecast by day.The…

13th December

…daffodils his references to them may be a bit confused especially where he abbreviates. 2000 – FJW Visit from ‘Luckay Lu’ [an itinerant lunatic living rough who had escaped from…

4th April

…buds and a lot of small rough daffodils. A few Reticulatas open. 1905 – JCW Truro show, many de Graaf’s there, also Homer in several places. Prince good, Auklandii there…

7th April

…few and bad of them at the show. All flowers were rough and below the best form. PDW’s very good. 1905 – JCW Nearly half our de Graaf open, Weardale…