27th July

…‘Villosa Group’ Maturing seeds on Meliosma veitchiorum. Meliosma veitchiorum 2022 – CHW A wonderful show from Aesculus parviflora below Slip Rail. Aesculus parviflora A secondary set of flower catkins on…

1st July

…Many Magnolia parviflora open now. Azalea arborescens is well out for 4 small plants. 1925 – JCW Came from Scotland, no rain for three weeks, dry but a real gain…

5th April

…stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ – Caerhays bred. Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ Rhododendron ‘Assaye’ Early leaves on Aesculus parviflora. Aesculus parviflora And on Quercus stenophylloides – an…

25th June

…– JCW Styrax, Wilsonii Langleyense, Hemsleyanus the hybrid and Japonica are all nice. Diaprepes is in flower well. Magnolia parviflora fairly good and some hypoleuca buds. 1924 – JCW The…

29th March

…of Aesculus parviflora. Aesculus parviflora Dad’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ nearly full out. Rhododendron’Red Centurion’ The record Cornish plant of Laurus azorica has an attractive flower for a bay laurel. Laurus…

4th October

…khasiana Aesculus parviflora is showing early autumn colour and the conkers which we saw earlier have either dropped or been collected already by Asia. Aesculus parviflora Quercus greggii was planted…

19th May

…one mostly over. Wilsoni fully out, Parviflora just first lot of flowers. Auklandii still good in places. Tally Ho just coming out and Azaleas at their best. Took 2200 odd…

23rd June

parviflora has many blooms perhaps hundreds on the big plant. Styrax japonica is not open yet. The late Obtusums near the Top Lodge are in flower. 1924 – JCW R…

31st July

…are [?] and very small. One rhodo repens has blooms on it. Plagianthus in New Planting is very good. Magnolias delavayi, parviflora and grandiflora all have flowers. Delavayi a good…

17th June

…Some Mag parviflora are open, some hypoleuca. M delavayi is not open yet but a lot of buds. 1924 – JCW Came from London, much rain in the last three…