…but just opening. 1919 – JCW R coulteri has hardly started. Brunonis is fair but not good. This years roses bad. 1918 – JCW Romney Coulteri is nice. R Brunonis…

…spreading clump of Romneya coulteri. Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Romneya coulteri Echium seedlings by the thousand! Echium seedlings Echium seedlings Citrus orange growing outside. Note the suckers from below the…

…a wonderful plant for the aftermath of a cold spell. Pseudowintera colorata Pseudowintera colorata The large clump of Romeya coulteri outside the packing shed had clearly taken a hit but…

…for this season on Romneya coulteri on the front of the castle. What a show we have had here all summer. This plant really enjoyed the drought. Romneya coulteri 2017…

…Buddleia’s nice. Romneya fair. Brunonis over. The following rhodo’s show bloom: maddeni, cinnabarinum, micranthum, fastigatum. 1911 – JCW L giganteum long over. R coulteri goodish. Wilson here and saw his…

…I have finished moving the best seedlings down to the home garden, started taking them out of the pans. 1899 – JCW Romneya coulteri open, about the first of it…

…moving. American Pillars are good. No Buddleia. 1921 – JCW Romneya coulteri at its best say 600 flowers?! 1920 – JCW Fortunei are passing. Auriculatum and Decorum x Auriculatum coming…

…Azalea – avoided like the plague by us all for decades. 1921 – JCW Perhaps there are 500 flowers on the Romneya coulteri. There is not much else. It is…

…open. A Romneya coulteri open, and several fair roses. I see 131 has come through, seedlings with maximus blood are showing. Lapagerias very good. The cold N.E wind has come….

…just over, it is very late for some things. 1910 – JCW L giganteum nearly over. Brunonis over, R coulteri fair. Mitraria good. R cinnabarinum going back. Buddleias show colour….