…break this mould of thought. At the nursery today I enjoyed photographing in the gale: Vinca difformis ‘Jenny Pym’ Vinca difformis ‘Jenny Pym’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Vinca minor ‘Illumination’ Sophora…

…really and the variegation is minor and irregular. Less than 2% on the stock plant tree and doing no one any harm at all! Thujopsis dolbrata Thujopsis dolbrata Flag iris…

…Tin Garden.1902 – JCW H Irving just shows colour, Minor not properly open, the fortnight of frost left us today, one Tenby shows colour.1897 – JCW Gunneras on the move….

…daffodils Our best clump of snowdrops is on Bond Street but these are nearly over after 3½ weeks in flower. snowdrops snowdrops Early new growth and only minor die back…

…domestica ‘Firepower’ still with good red tints. Nandina domestica ‘Firepower’ Nandina domestica ‘Woods Dwarf’ not quite as good. Nandina domestica ‘Woods Dwarf’ Syzygium paniculatum ‘Newport’ with minor frost damage. Trim…

…colour. Narcissus minor open, Anenome blanda open, Soleil d’Or good, snowdrops at their best. 1897 – JCW Some Reticulata open, nearly all Caerhays open, one or two Pipardi, several Maximus,…

…minor dieback in cold winters. Camptotheca acuminata Excellent young stock of Juglans mandshurica. Juglans mandshurica Two new low growing compact and very late flowering evergreen azaleas now in the catalogue…

…ten days, coums at their best, and snowdrops, a few seedling tets show colour, Soleil D’or well open and so Aconite. 1901 – JCW I saw the first minor open….

…illegible to any reluctant typist) and research into any conclusions or scholarly work. Like me he got carried away with the minor details of actual plants and the puzzles relating…

…young and older magnolias which were out there. We do not have any of the new sweet chestnut disease but a few older sweet chestnuts may have minor Phytophthora ramorum…