17th February

…Half the pyrus tree was dead and has now gone. The hydrangeas have had a ‘proper’ prune as has the Lonicera nitida. All the ivy gone too but two bags…

26th April

…and all are grown in pots in his garden. Japanese quinces may be Pyrus, or they may be Cydonia. No one is really sure of their origins. Chaenomeles are recorded…

9th April

…JCW The Auklandii x white Arboreum are now opening, Pyrus caloneura has been good for a fortnight. 1906 – JCW Daffs on the wane, we have had a long dry…

29th December

…65 in the first wave of planting (180 trees). I have included a few Pyrus in the plan because of their close association to and similarities in flowering to Malus….

26th March

…is in four days time. Many Reticulatas open, Lady Clare is going over. R calophytum from Coombe Wood opens. Pyrus caloneura open. 1902 – JCW Jacko open and all the…

14th May

…Sorbus alnifolia nicely covered in flower. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica just coming out. A real show to come. Sorbus japonica x Sorbopyrus auricularis (Pyrus communis x Sorbus aria) flowering here…

10th January

…Malus collection in the Kitchen Garden with all hands on deck. 185 plants of 65 different Malus varieties and 3 forms of Pyrus as well. A long job to sort…