20th November

…to 1930 period. Climate change or just a run of mild winters? Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum 2002 – FJW Flowers on Rho nobleanum – many still on wall…

1st July

…colour or cold winters. I have written to Koen Camelbeke, one of the authors, to ask his opinion and especially why our plants flower in late June and July and…

21st October

…– the Chinese Happy Tree or Cancer Tree is doing well although it has clearly suffered and had a dieback in earlier winters. Tom Hudson says his plants ‘fizzled out’…

30th November

‘Winter’s Charm’. Camellia ‘Winter’s Snowman’ alongside Camellia ‘Winter’s Charm’ Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ with its anemone shaped flowers. They seem rather small to me this year and smaller than those on our…

26th June

…– CW The pond boat house tulip tree in flower, probably first time. Few fuschias out cut back last 2 winters. Rho stericulum x eriogonum is good also Maddeni series….

25th December

…unusual in recent mild winters but unbelievable to previous generations. Magnolia grandifloras Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ nearly out by the greenhouses – not unusual. Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ Camellia…

26th March

…hour garden tour than any shooting day for several winters. Azalea ‘Otome’ above the Hovel. A huge fir branch blocks the path at Slip Rail. We passed under this at…

25th March

…best.Strangely the Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ has no leaves at all despite the mildest of winters. This normally at least semi evergreen tree was a gift from Cornwall County Council…

22nd December

…dead birch tree Jasminium nudiflorum coming out into flower for Christmas. Jasminium nudiflorum Jasminium nudiflorum Viburnum bodnantense flowering away on a drab winters day. Viburnum bodnantense Viburnum bodnantense Self sown…

31st May

…In the 1920s it was cold winters – now it is ‘climate change’ if you actually believe that after last year’s ‘Beast’? Magnolia delavayi Jaimie discovered a (fledged) long-tailed tits’…