3rd March

…garden tour with Jane Pruden and her mother. Jane was the real author of the last three books on Belvoir Castle/Estate.A drizzly and overcast day. An unnamed Rhododendron macabeanum hybrid…

8th April

…williamsii ‘Les Jury’ – a must to add to our collection. Camellia x williamsii ‘Les Jury’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ – likewise. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sweet Jane’ Camellia ‘Spring Festival’ –…

5th June

…produce berries here last year. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ with plenty of bud to come. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Magnolia globosa just opening. Magnolia globosa 2022 – CHWAzalea ‘Jane Fire’…

25th June

…Bond Street and below the old rubbish dump. Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ Cornus kousa ‘Miss Petty’ Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ is very late indeed and very red by the two cornus…

30th May

…lost this species before. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Outstanding in the nursery today were: Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa…

11th March

Jane’ a new Camellia transnokoensis hybrid so probably very tender. Better just opening than full out as you can see. Camellia ‘Sweet Jane’ 2016 – CHW Berries linger in profusion…

12th May

…Camellia champetre Sweet Jane Camellia classique Tom Pouce Camellia classique Winter Gem 2015 – CHW First lorry goes to Chelsea with the fountain and the moongate sculpture. Little time for…

6th March

…cuttings cuttings cuttings cuttings A very fine magnolia ‘Lanarth’ on Bryan and Sally-Jane Coode’s garden near Grampound. magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A further look at our younger newer magnolias. Magnolia ’April Melody’…

29th November

…fine plant another fine plant another fine plant I remember another excellent (almost) small tree at Jane Scott’s house. We have C. frigidus ‘Inchmery’ here, originally from Windsor, but I…

12th April

…Good to see that the new Hillier’s now lists only the best eight of ‘the girls’ and not the full dozen or more which always caused confusion (Susan, Pinkie, Jane,…