…show a little colour. snowdrops The wild daffodils by the Four in Hand are at about the same stage. wild daffodils Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ is a really good thing. Wonderful…

…performing splendidly. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Lynn’ still has no autumn colour. Euonymus huangi with its first pink seed heads here. Sorbus matsumurana may have little autumn colour but the black buds…

…original Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ which was hit by a tree is recovering beautifully. It used to grow in full shade but no longer. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Microtropis petelotii is a little known…

…diary earlier in April and May I am startled at how shell shocked we were as a country by lockdown in late March and how little thought was given then…

…the nursery. The position here is different. Those species which seeded profusely last year are having a year off and have little, if any, flowers – Styrax serrulatus, Styrax hemsleyanus,…

…October. The fifth is always a little later. Camellia sasanqua Camellia sasanqua The first time we have ever flowered the South African Halleria lucida outside at Caerhays. Not a great…

…pictures has none on these two species which are described a little vaguely and there is no reference to the bare and leafless winter stems on our P. taxifolia. Prumnopitys…

…a little at the top. Watch it for a bit then cut the main stem to ground level. Neolitsea polycarpa Neolitsea polycarpa Pheasants shelter in the lee of another south…

…be seen from the front door.1992 – FJW A little rain fell.1990 – FJW A fresh flower on original Mag sprengeri diva (Michael Lear saw it yesterday) – Bishop Peter…

…JCW Have cut nearly all the gladiolus, Buddleias are fair, one of Wilson’s Hydrangeas are good, very little else. The 1917 winer killed the gladiolus. 1916 – JCW Romneya very…