25th July

…blow over despite the large stake. Acacia baileyana Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ covered in flowers again! What a performer this small tree is! Magnolia ‘Todd’s Forty Niner’ Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Glaucum’…

16th July

…wear by and a Lapageria. Buddleia’s nice. Romneya fair. Brunonis over. The following rhodo’s show bloom: maddeni, cinnabarinum, micranthum, fastigatum. 1911 – JCW L giganteum long over. R coulteri goodish….

10th July

…Auriculatum hybrids. Didymum Rho good, also one Prophantum. Wet the last 3 weeks after a long dry spell. 1927 – JCW Only a few Giganteum but they are good. Late…

16th December

…December. azalea Cones developing on a specimen Sequoiadendron giganteum bought in for a nursery customer. Our 2007 planted tree has not yet produced any cones. Sequoiadendron giganteum From Burncoose garden…

1st May

…of the tunnel to bring them on more quickly. Trachelospermum Trachelospermum Flowers coming on the actinidias. Actinidia This Cardiocrinum giganteum has a huge flowering spike. Can we get it in…

10th December

…sheltered and in partial shade and we know that it can grow rhododendrons well. Rhododendron giganteum once grew here and is now replaced. It died of old age and smothering…

6th April

…Magnolia ‘Big Dude’ but it is not a very big flower and the correct plant is probably next to the big new Sequoiadendron giganteum. RHODODENDRON arboreum (white) RHODODENDRON ‘Endslegh Pink’…

11th July

…JCW Returned from a month in Scotland. Roses going over but yet good, The Rambler. L giganteum. Brunonis roses are yet good. All daff seed, even Recurvas, has been picked….

14th July

…Very hot spell. Fortunei good. Hay should all be carried today. Flowers on Delavayi and Goliath. 1925 – JCW Giganteums were good but are over. Daff seeds all picked. Plagianthus…

7th July

…for the first time since 1915. 1920 – JCW All the above are over and I start for the Gott match tonight. 1917 – JCW Lilium giganteums start. Wilson’s Fortunei’s…