…outer sections. One or two seed heads may have had up to three seeds but they have shed already. Not really worth collecting the seed as cuttings produce a bigger…

…leaves are therefore a big surprise. A really good new oak for the collection. Planted in only 2017. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Photinia macrophylla…

…on bare disturbed ground. This huge patch is directly below the root crop in Big Barn Hills field. Growing beside it is common Melilot which was part of an earlier…

…are starting. C. Lady Clare is very nice, a big move all round in the last three days. 1913 – JCW A very early year. A C. reticulata open a…

…big fuchsia hedge next to the Green Gate. 1926 – JCW C sasanqua and lapageria remain good. No E darleyense yet. Many scraps of rhodo species as Mucronulatum, Neriiflorum, Decorum,…

…and still tending their wonderful garden in Carharrack. Bomarea caldassii flowering away in a big pot outside. It used to grow up to 20ft each year in the Burncoose conservatory…

…– CHW A surprise Camellia japonica with a few flowers on above the big veitchii. Not named but planted originally as a windbreak set of seedlings. Camellia japonica Camellia japonica…

…– FJW Corn gathered in. A big lot of straw but yields poor. 1964 – FJW Very blustery easterly gale (no rain). Lapageria good. 1958 – FJW Returned from Scotland…

…crocus open, snowdrops at about their best, very fine and mild. 1897 – JCW Snow and very hard frost last night, but no ice on the big pond, strong NE…

…grown well in the nursery but sadly no flowers in the summer. Bignonia capreolata Bignonia capreolata Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ with just a hint of pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ Hydrangea paniculata…