28th December

…there then! Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis mollis – larger sized plants. Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – small sized…

27th December

…Picked a vase of Rho keysii and over 20 primroses from one plant. Fuchsias almost all cut but several lapagerias. H mollis good. A lot of single camellias out. Also…

6th May

…is nothing startling when compared to other older clumps on the drive. Azalea mollis ‘Dr M Oosthoek’ Azalea mollis ‘Dr M Oosthoek’ A rather fine double daffodil. daffodil Azalea mollis

26th May

…Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’ Azalea mollis ‘Apple Blossom’Rather pale single flowers and nothing special in comparison to the next huge clump beside the drive which looks…

3rd January 1897- 2020

…these magnolia pictures will be poor in the rain but it stops mid morning. 2001 – FJW Still raining! 1933 – JCW Very little in flower, exception 8 Hamamelis mollis….

20th December

…and hybrids of Pseudopanax. We are tyring to start a National Collection at Burncoose. Pseudopanax Surprisingly early flowers on Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’. Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Good colour on…

25th December

mollis with one flowering spike and many spikes of seeds. Acanthus mollis Acanthus mollis Acanthus mollis Fuchsia gracilis with new growth showing and the odd surviving flower. Fuchsia gracilis Fuchsia…

8th February

…Lower Quarry Nursery bed. Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis Hamamelis mollis The taller growing Galanthus elwesii are always later to show than the common snowdrops. Galanthus elwesii Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’…

13th January

…‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Aphrodite’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis japonica ‘Brentry’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Coombe Wood’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Coombe Wood’ Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s…

13th January 1897- 2020

…is really the worst time in all the year, if the H mollis were taken away there would be nothing but Camellia speciosa. 1929 – JCW Just as in 1923…