…poppies on the bank below. I used to call them Icelandic poppies (as seen at Chelsea) but I have been corrected by Clare on this! Yellow poppies Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’…

…to prove it but, as always, the common sense approach could very easily be adopted by everyone.Clare from Burncoose thinks my Prunus pendula ‘Stellata’ from the other day in the…

…are all opening, various daffs, Camellia Lady Clare, Clematis armandii, snowdrops and Coums nice. 1911 – JCW R praecox shows colour, the first trumpet opening in the top garden, snowdrops…

…Salicifolia above Camellias fully out. Camellia hybrids very good also Reticulata species and Lady Clare. Rhodo sutchuenense hybrids and reds at their best, red Auklandii coming. Lutescens very good. Most…

…here YET! ash dieback disease 2020 – CHW Clare notices what I thought was Salvia discolor a day or two ago. I was suspicious then but she is clearly right…

…Asia might collect some seed to grow on and Clare might see if we could add them to the new catalogue but I need to look up the Latin name…

…1910, Rho arboreum at about their best and so Rho argenteum where they have missed the frost. Mag halleana a few, some mume, Camellia Lady Clare good, a few Cam…

…had. Very few camellias (japonicas especially) out for the time of the year either. ‘Lady Clare’ still not showing and the ‘Cornish Snow’ below Donkey Shoe still has no flowers…

…Cherry’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ an improved form of karvinskianus and would probably sell just as well. Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Erigeron karvinskianus ‘Lavender Lady’ Rhodohypoxis milloides ‘Claret’ – a…

…be!The Tropaeolum speciosum has come up through the Lady Clare camellia and is flowering at about 5ft from the ground. Rather a good set of pictures if I say so…