…‘Captain Rawes’. Camellia reticulata ‘Hulyn Smith’ Camellia reticulata ‘Hulyn Smith’ Camellia reticulata ‘Hulyn Smith’ Camellia reticulata ‘Frank Houser’ – a good red in bud. Camellia reticulata ‘Frank Houser’ Camellia reticulata…

…scurry (behind the spaniel). dogs Sheila Tidball and Peter Bickford-Smith collecting the clay shoot entries. Sheila Tidball and Peter Bickford-Smith Schefflera myriocarpa is about to flower – three flower spikes…

…pininana Echium pininana My father was also very fond of granny’s bonnets which still thrive outside the dining room. granny’s bonnets Weigelia florida ‘Variegata’ with the usual reversions. Weigelia florida…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Last week Lizzie and I attended Peter Bickford-Smith’s funeral at Stithians Methodist Church….

…‘Piccolo’ Abies pinsapo. Abies pinsapo Abies homolepis. Abies homolepis Picea orientalis. Picea orientalis Picea smithiana. Picea smithiana Picea mariana. Picea mariana Picea morrisonicola. Picea morrisonicola Calocedrus macrolepis. Calocedrus macrolepis Agathis…

…like this. Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Rhododendron ‘Nancor’ Rhododendron floccigeum has always been one of my favourite species. These were tissue cultured plants originally from Ross Smith at Duchy College. Rhododendron floccigeum…

…four ‘Beauty of Littleworth’, two helolepsis, two fargesi and several others. The ‘Moonstone’ and ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ were tissue culture grown by Ros Smith at Rosewarne in the laboratory. Rather…

…fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ particularly striking today. Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ A novelty Aquilegia now in the Burncoose catalogue this year! A. viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’. Yellowish ‘granny’s bonnets’ then turn…

…and in full flower already Granny’s bonnets – Aquilegia – my father’s favourite wild(ish) flower Euphorbia mellifera is about to come out. It’s a shrub really rather than a herbaceous…

…almost non-stop. 1999 – FJW A hot dry fortnight. Everything well out. 1981 – FJW Granny’s 70th birthday – the rain came after a very long HOT spell. Winter corn…

…are only now dropping or being eaten in situ on the bush by birds. Cotoneaster franchettii Jaimie reminds me that buds from Rhododendron zaleucum (KW 20837) are with Ros Smith…

…floccigerum above the main quarry. These were tissue culture raised plants by Ros Smith and planted in 2015. First flowering I think. Rhododendron floccigerum Rhododendron floccigerum This looks like Rhododendron…

…spring open. I first saw this then relatively new introduction at Trevarno gardens 35 years ago by torchlight after a drunken dinner there with Peter Bickford-Smith. The gardens are no…

…the loss of four wickets. Very hospitable it was too apart from the Aussies walking to victory and Smith scoring 142 (to go with his 144 in the first innings)….

…grown by Ross Smith at Rosewarne) flowering away well for the second time (as usual) below Donkey Shoe. Planted 2015 in a place where the cinnarbarinum x concatenans hybrid ‘Caerhays…

…is a very welcome new addition to our national collection. I find a brief reference to this in ‘New Trees’ but I believe this was a gift from Doug Smith…