24th April

…against the blue sky. 40-50ft tall now in less than half that number of years. Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Paulownia tomentosa ‘Lilacina’ Sally Hayward has very kindly been transcribing handwritten records…

12th March

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Pam Hayward has come up with a name for the very early…

23rd May

…Cross. Sally Hayward RCMG with posy for the Queen – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Queen’s Visit – Photo Courtesy of Sally. Then we get to the royal visit. The RHS…

3rd July

…email from Sally Hayward who very kindly has spent part of lockdown transcribing old handwritten garden records of plants and seeds gifted to us here and gifts which we also…

1st February

…– CHW An interesting little bit of our garden history and a nice puzzle!We received an enquiry from Pam Hayward about the two attached photographs which were taken in very…

25th April

…are Jaimie’s pictures of our entries. Rhododendron ‘May Day’, ‘Naomi’ Group, ‘Rescassa’ and ‘Michael’s Pride’ Rhododendron hanceanum Rhododendron decorum – FIRST – Winning The McLaren Challenge Cup Pam Hayward accepting…

24th March

…Illicium philippinense Illicium philippinense The first time that our Rhaphithamnus spinosus has produced its pale blue flowers. Rhaphithamnus spinosus Sally Hayward forwards the conclusion of the research into Camellia x…

30th June

…a very good start on the stand. Sally Hayward was in situ doing not just our labels but the labels for all the other Plant Heritage exhibitors. What would we…

23rd October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Pam Hayward found an amusing exchange between JC Williams, my great grandfather, and…

18th November

…more seeds (at Pam Hayward’s request) for the Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group seed list distribution to members. It is a poor magnolia seedling year generally but he found a…