24th October

…have attacked the flower for the nectar when you look closely. Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ starting a good show with…

11th January

…A cow parsley in full flower by the frames under a Corylopsis despite the cold last week. cow parsley Acacia melanoxylon is still some way off flowering. The trunk is…

22nd November

…the Camellia reticulata seedling which it grows through. elderly rare oak Another large dead for removal – here Corylopsis spicata. Three branches died a year ago and the last one…

21st November

…of Alnyphyllum eberhardtii has again blown out in a recent gale. Alnyphyllum eberhardtii A few tatty secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’. Rhododendron ‘Polyroy’ Decent yellow tints on Corylopsis spicata. Corylopsis

13th February

…Rhododendron mucronulatum is always a good early show. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Corylopsis spicata from Japan and introduced to the UK in 1860 by Robert Fortune has a few flowers…

9th February

…phospate put on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis

15th July

…recently. Diospyros rhombifolia A fallen Rhododendron arboreum limb has let in the light for a Corylopsis sinensis to burst into growth. The Corylopsis was smashed to the ground and cut…

15th November

…tints. Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Salix fargesii just turning. Salix fargesii Corylopsis spicata with rich yellow autumn colour on the Main Ride. Corylopsis spicata Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendrifolium’ only now starting…

31st March

…Acer triloba 648 excellent. 1994 – FJW 6 House martins seen. 1941 – CW Very bad south east gale, counted over 90 flowers off Mag sargentiana. 1929 – JCW Corylopsis

10th October

…individual flowers rather than flower clusters is similarly ‘unready’. Styrax hemsleyanus Corylopsis spicata has a few unripe seed spikes. Corylopsis spicata Conversely formerly pink Magnolia sieboldii seed pods are losing…