24th March

‘Advance’ in the sales area. Magnolia ‘Advance’ 2024 – CHW The digger is due on site for a week or two next week (if dry) to clear stumps and ‘things’…

2nd April

…visit to the shed in 2019; and no shows of course since. The light was odd this evening in the cattle shed for photography – apologies in advance. The Burncoose…

15th April

…and dull! Magnolia ‘Stellar Acclaim’ Magnolia ‘Stellar Acclaim’ Aesculus bushii with new growth and flower heads already – four to six weeks in advance of normal? Aesculus bushii Aesculus wangii…

28th April

…they need to bag a fair bit of it in advance. As expected the day is a write off in the cause of ‘publicity’.We start with two hours of drone…

20th May

…80 but got bored with not winning RHS gold medals and awards so is back! vegetable stand vegetable stand The judges advance on our stand at about 8.15 and we…

31st May

…Kalmia latifolia ‘Snowdrift’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ – far less horrid than the plain green form. Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Rosa cantabriensis – not a great advance on Rosa ‘Mermaid’…

23rd January 1897 – 2020

…JCW In advance of 1918. No Aconite as yet, snowdrops good, Rhodo’s much as in 1914. 1918 – JCW Very much behind the above, a few snowdrops and a very…

2nd February 1897 – 2020

…Caerhays church on 19th January it is attached here. Had I received all the letters of condolence in advance with yet more amusing and naughty anecdotes about his life I…

11th February 1897 – 2020

…Smithers’ Pictorial labelling of the whole sales area virtually now complete. A great advance in presenting our plants to visiting customers. sales area sales area Daphne ‘Guardsman’ slightly disappointing now…

15th March 1897 – 2020

…coming on well outside the front gate. bluebells Magnolia x loebneri ‘Wildcat’ has two flowers. Its second flowering. ‘Wildcat’ is a huge advance on x loebneri ‘Donna’ which now looks…