…dry to date – not so advanced in flower as 1948. All the Hamamelis species have flowered together. 1948 – CW Rhodo’s praecox, barbatum, argenteum, moupinense, sutchuenense and its hybrids,…

…The following species open Rhodo moupinense – lutescens – argenteum – mucronulatum – barbatum – pink arboreum – blood red arboreum – micranthum – dahuricum – racemosum – sutchuenense.1913 –…

…2 Robusta as well as Diva and one flower out on Dauroniana. Some on one Salicifolia. Several Prunus out. Rho argenteum at its best and Rookery Blood Red Arboreum also…

…getting heavier – plants now showing it.2002 – FJW Flower on Magnolia stellata.1986 – FJW Fifth and heaviest dose of snow for winter. 1931 – JCW Argenteums opening just about…

…thing. Camellia Japonica partly out, a few Arboreum and Barbatum in bud. 1897 – JCW Caerhays daffodil at its best, Bredos, Horsfieldi and Sir Watkin open. Pink Argenteum is open….

…Argenteum is nearly at its best. 1907 – JCW The show at Truro. No good de Graaf, all had been boiled out. No Auklandii’s there. The show was quite five…

…class job. 1931 – JCW The Stewartianums came out well in whites, creamy whites, creamy whites and pink kind and one or two of a better yellow than Campylocarpum. Argenteums…

…very good. C coums are nice, Cotoneaster salicifolia good. Many early Rhodos are far enough on to pick buds off them including R argenteum. 1908 – JCW Snowdrops and Aconites…

…to date. Williamsii’s well and truly out and Sutchuenense, Red Admiral etc. Far too early. Trewidden Argenteum has been first class.1969 – FJW First snowdrops.1958 – FJW Period of frost…

…near 1912 in species. Motor plough engine rolled the drive for the first time. 1912 – JCW R praecox, ciliatum, arboreum, lutescens, dahuricum, argenteum, scarlet hybrid (arbo x Thomsonii), barbatum…