15th April

…the floor. Exterior iron gutters being painted inside. Half the floor removed Half the floor removed Half the floor removed Half the floor removed Half the floor removed Half the…

1st April

…first time so spring is in his step! Lizzie with ‘the pack’ Mia and Alfie still ‘standing’ after their first two hour garden tour! Mia and Alfie still Several video…

13th July

…tree on its last legs – extraordinary. apple tree The garden is half on chalk and half on green limestone. Here is Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ with pink and blue flowers on…

3rd April

…‘Elizabeth’ Another Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ just out on the drive. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ My favourite daffodil is Narcissus ‘King Alfred’ with its huge trumpets. These are at the Top Lodge but there…

23rd May

…an electric popemobile pass close by just before the gala night begins (4,000 tickets at £1,000 each for a two and a half hour drinks party) and the corks begin…

27th May

…ago. The plant split in half for no reason on a calm day and the other half was cut down narrowly missing the huge gingko beside it. ‘Kabarett’ is a…

12th February

…half a yew and some large magnolia branches. The tree looks very rotten in its base and was one on the list for the tree surgeon. However it is not…

1st January

…1904 – JCW C Imperati open, coum half open, one or two Stylosa, several Nobleanum, Erica is open, Aconite open, many blue primroses, a few daffodils, P megasoefolia very good,…

24th February

…the entry which will now this year be submitted for registration together with half a dozen pictures of the plant itself which is half out today. It has many of…

3rd February

…Half dead. Rhododendron barbatum Polyspora axillaris aff. tonkinensis has suddenly died. Drought, cold (unlikely) or honey fungus? No sign of rotting from honey fungus at the base. Polyspora axillaris aff….