…1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of Maximus shows colour and one or two…

…buds of Mary Williams – Camellias very forward – starting cutting back centre block of big bed of Hydrangeas above drive. Snowdrops good. 1928 – JCW Just as in 1926….

…Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Pink Chiffon’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia japonica ‘Nuccio’s Cameo’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Taylor’s Perfection’ – a bit like ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ as the…

…Very few Rhododendrons out except Mucronulatum. None of the Arboreum hybrids. A lot of the Kurume Azaleas showing bits of flower. Camellia hybrids very good and Reticulata Mary Williams, out…

…rain. Jaimie and Michael are off to the Rosemoor Show with a few, mainly evergreen, exhibits and a vase or two of magnolias cut before the cold and hidden in…

…part of the drive today. Azalea ‘Berryrose’ Azalea ‘Berryrose’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ is quite some show further down the drive. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ The huge clump of Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in 40 Acres…

…of seeding properly. I must prompt Louisa to gather Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ which always seeds so well by the glasshouse at Burncoose and recheck our 1930s originals. We have…

…a CGS Show in 2011 and it was slow to get going but is now doing well. I had long admired a specimen at Rosemoor and now we have one…

…sargentiana Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ now fully in flower but a bit rain battered. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’ Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ looking splendid above the greenhouse but with loads of rootstock suckers…

…garden is full of surprises.A Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ looking perfect. Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ A hedging Mahonia in full flower with small leaves. Growing to 6-8ft with a similar spread. One…

…– FJW A V early year, most of Saluenense Camellias out – Nobleanum good. Mucronulatum by Red Linny excellent. Sutchuenense Hybs above Mary Christian nearly over. Magnolias too far forward….

…but is now putting on a show. Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ Eucalyptus leucoxylon ‘Rosea’ 2020 – CHW I have been bored into submission and now start the final large job of…

…bit above ours I thought. These plants of Fascicularia bicolor especially good. Fascicularia bicolor Fascicularia bicolor 2018 – CHW For the second year a pigeon has nested in Camellia ‘Mary…

…we have ‘bridge players’ at The Vean instead. Mary described the marquee decoration as ‘Chelsea chique by the sea’. She was on security/bouncer duty for two and a half days….

…if pruned and maintained. Stupidly I forgot to look for a price. willow creations Then on to the Roseland Plant Centre who used to be trade customers of the nursery…

…growing up a Magnolia campbellii – a quite superb mix and a very dark red form of L. rosea. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Huge fruits on Camellia xylocarpa. Camellia xylocarpa…

…her first visit to the Isla Rose Plantation. All three grandchildren together! Lamorna Lamorna 2020 – CHW Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ with its autumn colours which are interesting but not…

…delavayi has had some fairish flower. 1918 – JCW Lapagerias, hydrangeas, rose beds are fairly good. R decorum and neriiflorum look well. Various other rhodo’s give bits of flower. Clematis…

…Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Nice colouring on Diospyros kaki. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki This is a young Frank Matthews grown Malus hupehensis in the Isla Rose Plantation. It is perhaps…

…now full out. Camellia sasanqua While the first to flower is now nearly over. Camellia sasanqua Pimelea drupacea flowering away in the Isla Rose Plantation. Pimelea drupacea Lapageria rosea and…