…on the hazels are later this year. catkins 2022 – CHW My aunt Leo’s 80th birthday party today at The Vean with a garden tour for all the Clarke family….

…ongoing rejuvenation. Two rows of camellias 1991 – FJW Frogs cavorting and spawning in Philips pond. MILD – snowdrops open.1977 – FJW Aunt Mary died.1968 – FJW David picked first…

…due to the lyonia. Lyonia ovalifolia Lyonia ovalifolia Lyonia ovalifolia 1940 – CW Aunt Charlotte to tea, she saw Eucryphia nymansensis at its best – pinnatifolia past but not over…

…we should name and register this as Magnolia ‘Leonora’ after my aunt who had her 80th birthday last Friday. Registration will have to wait a year or two until we…