29th March

…here! Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ Corydalis solida ‘Beth Evans’ is a new plant in this year’s catalogue and very good it is too. Large…

7th April

fraseri with flower cones for the first time that I have seen. Abies fraseri Abies fraseri Betula ashburneri with male and female catkins. Betula ashburneri Magnolia x loebneri ‘Lucy Carlson’….

29th July

…hillieri ‘Penwith’ performing properly for the first time. Eucryphia x hillieri ‘Penwith’ Lomatia fraseri flowering away int is deer shelter. At Gorwell Garden this has grown into a huge tree…

1st August

…Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Lomatia fraseri in flower in the frames. Lomatia fraseri Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) with a flower cluster. We lost this in the garden last winter. Brassaiopsis dumicola…

10th May

…flowers on Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ are still not out. Magnolia fraseri ‘Pyramidalis’ Philadelphus satsumi is now performing. Philadelphus satsumi Philadelphus satsumi Rhododendron tethropeplum full out at the Hothead. Rhododendron tethropeplum…

23rd July

…Lomatia fraseri in full flower 15ft up. Lomatia fraseri Cathaya argyrophylla needing careful staking. Cathaya argyrophylla Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’. Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Deutzia multiradiata…

6th July

…Photinia fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ – silly selling name but much better than ‘Red Robin’ and on a par with Photinia serratifolia ‘Pink Crispy’ Photinia fraseri ‘Magical Volcano’ Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Heavenly…

22nd April

…flower. Other species not quite out as yet. Trillium grandiflorum Boronia crenulate in full flower. We have not stocked this tender species for a while. Boronia crenulate Photinia x fraseri

30th April

…still very good. Magnolia rostrata and fraseri out also. A good many Maddeni hybrids. Single peonies and two double out in Tin Garden. 1911 – JCW A few daffs to…

20th March

…flowers. A bit different perhaps. Magnolia ‘Festirose’ Magnolia ‘Festirose’ These were the seedlings sent by Jim Gardiner this week: Stewartia malacodendron Magnolia fraseri Magnolia ashei Pinus yunnanensis (wild collected dwarf…