23rd February

…flowers before and nothing last year. Michelia martinii Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ First flowers on a young Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ below White Styles. Magnolia ‘Betty…

28th February

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ by the arch is nearly out. This has happened more or less overnight with a bit of help from the wind. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

7th August

…Eucryphia glutinosa Eucryphia glutinosa 36 acres of the winter corn at Rosevallon cut and the straw bailed up before it came into rain. Arthur’s attempts to install solar panels to…

21st January

…daffodil. 1931 – JCW The first small bit of moupinense open. (Handwritten note taped in Garden Book): I put about 15-20 cuttings under a bell glass in no 4 Tin…

31st March

…next weekend. Looks wonderful today in the sun. Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ Magnolia ‘Blushing Belle’ This is labelled Halesia parviflora which is a synonym for (the correct) Halesia…

26th March

…show colour except G Bell, have picked a C J Backhouse. 1900 – JCW Have put under glass to open Emperor, Empress, Horsfieldii, Victoria, G Bell as all showing colour….

20th May

…our very own Malcolm Bell) are doing the government’s bidding and telling our second homers to ‘stay away’. Including caravan sites and holiday lets too.Some may have thought that a…

3rd October

…More information awaited. fungus Gaultheria mucronata ‘Bell’s Seedling’ looking plump and attractive in the nursery. Gaultheria mucronata ‘Bell’s Seedling’ Cyclamen coum with very varied leaf forms. Cyclamen coum Cyclamen hederifolium…

7th April

…pale yellow bell shaped flowers on long stalks as here. Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium Pittosporum illiciodes var. angustifolium Viburnum taitoense has attractive bronzy new growth. Another of Asia’s successes. Viburnum…

25th October

…slowly. Maackia chinensis The second ancient Camellia sasanqua has its first flowers now out. Camellia sasanqua 2020 – CHW Caroline Bell, who is writing an article for the Rhododendron, Camellia…