…good now there is very little else. The Gros au Felicity rose has been very good since May, but wants food. 1916 – JCW Much as above. Plagianthus begins to…

…JCW Returned from a month in Scotland. Roses going over but yet good, The Rambler. L giganteum. Brunonis roses are yet good. All daff seed, even Recurvas, has been picked….

…Acer rufinerve in frame 2 of Mag globosa 1 of Acer wardii 4 of Michelia nitida Several Enkianthus roseflorus 1906 – JCW Very little but roses open and the Romneya….

…different in leaf to the three other Diospyros species in the Isla Rose Plantation. I must keep an eye out for the much vaunted autumn colour. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki…

…Daphnes and banksian roses but we still find plenty that are full grown 2/3L plants at near liner prices.The folly of the National Trust beggars belief. At a time when…

…red form of L. rosea. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Huge fruits on Camellia xylocarpa. Camellia xylocarpa Winged fruits on Euonymus clivicola (which Tom had thought was Euonymus cornutus before being…

…Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ splendid today. Exbury’s Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ full out. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A young Stachyurus salicifolius flowering…

…a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing from rose to white with a pink flush. Not many though! Sorbus ‘Pearly King’…

…ago. Berberis hypokeriana Wisteria sinensis and Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ on the wall below the Playhouse. Wisteria sinensis A closeup of Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’; my mother’s favourite rose. Most of the…

…Rose plantation. Well worth its place. Magnolia ‘Black Bird’ Rhododendron neriiflorum phaedropum flowering even better this year in what was Orchid House Nursery bed – now a species rhododendron planting….