19th March

…Stachyurus. Stachyurus macrocarpus (BSWJ 14678) Flowers on a young Osmanthus suavis. Osmanthus suavis Rehderodendron indochinense (BSWJ 12115) now flowering profusely well before the leaves appear. Buds in lower branches opening…

22nd July

…(a gift from Nicholas Lock). Melicytus dentatus Osmanthus suavis getting on its way. Plants failed and were very poor liners from France this February. Osmanthus suavis I have missed the…

1st May

…at C of E dichroanthum. 1915 – JCW R auklandii just opening. Cherries still good. P loderi, R augustinii, Dr Stocker, white decorum, R suavis, Red Arboreum and White Arboreum…