28th June

…faced earth bank. Another one for the national survey on surviving elms. Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia (or Ulmus carpinifolia var. cornubiensis). Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Ulmus…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…have tried this and lost it. Camellia kissii Camellia kissii Camellia minor – dull too! Much like Camellia saluenensis I think as does Tom. Camellia minor Camellia minor Camellia minor

9th February 1897 – 2020

…colour. Snowdrops just at their best. 1901 – JCW Minimus at its best, a few minor, nothing else except seedling trumpets. 1900 – JCW Minor only just shows the bud…

5th December

…growing and flowering away well in a hedgerow opposite Caerhays Barton. A garden escapee. Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ We received 80% grant on this new cattle…

20th January 1897- 2020

…Palm Centre (www.palmcentre.co.uk) and this is where we have got to with the labelling so far. Trachycarpus princeps Trachycarpus princeps Trachycarpus princeps Sabal minor Sabal minor Sabal minor Sabal minor

22nd February

…‘Alba’ under a yew tree and behind a wall so it is totally sheltered from the salt spray. Vinca minor ‘Alba’ Vinca minor ‘Alba’ View 22nd February 1897 – 2020…

6th October

…yet quite out. 20-25ft tall plants. Schefflera macrophylla Camellia minor with seed heads (this one not listed in the Chinese species book). Camellia minor I see that the summer flowering…

11th November

…Farm and is giving a great show today despite the wind and heavy showers filled with hail. Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ Cubby had to go to…

14th December

…elm (Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia) with decent autumn colour just above Roger’s Quarry. Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Planting and wiring complete by the fallen acer and on all the December…

8th January 1897- 2020

…Frost stopped on 4th – November Pink fully out again on this date. J.C.W starting. 1967 – FJW Family all went to church for first time. Minor interruptions. 1911 –…

10th December

…dead Scots pine Plenty of boughs down on the Pinus insignis by Donkey Shoe. Pinus insignis Minor debris above Crinodendron Hedge. Minor debris above Crinodendron Hedge A young columnar oak…

19th February

…difformis ‘Jenny Pym’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ – out rather early. Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ Microbiota decussata – our stock plant with interesting ranges…

20th July

…CHW A decent thunderstorm breaks over Burncoose. The Hemerocallis bed in all its glory. Hemerocallis bed Itea Illicifolia with its enormous tassles. Itea Illicifolia Itea Illicifolia Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’ in…

15th December

…the top of it on Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’. aerial layer Then a lot of minor wind damage in the new Rookery planting. Cumulatively depressing like the weather and the aftermath…

18th December

…the autumn and, although the flowers did not open properly, the sap was up and dieback ensued after minor cold. This has now been pruned out and the plant has…

20th January

…Christoph has passed up by with little rain by comparison to the north and only minor gales. It has however blown open a few flowers very high up on the…

29th January 1897 – 2020

…their best, and snowdrops, a few seedling tets show colour, Soleil D’or well open and so Aconite. 1901 – JCW I saw the first minor open. Snow and N.E wind….

18th January 1897- 2020

…insignificant against the new growth in late spring. Photinia davidiana ‘Red Robin’ 1991 – FJW Iraq War began – Rain returned after minor cold snap.1985 – FJW 24 hours of…

24th January 1897 – 2020

…scabrifolium, neriiflorum, Indicaforma, Dahuricum semperivens, longistylum, keiskii, argenteum, sutchuenense, Pink arboreum, Blood red Arboreum. 1898 – JCW Picked a seedling Maximus fully open, several Minor open. 1897 – JCW Ice…

28th January 1897 – 2020

…(Labradors) competitors 2016 – CHW Echium pinnifolium outside the drawing room window has gone black after the minor frost (one night only) about a week ago. It will probably survive…