15th October

Cyclamen and fuchsias very good also lapagerias. Some daffodils up Sol d’Or on terrace 3 inches high. 1934 – JCW Much as in 1933. Just as in 1933 and there…

7th October

…White cyclamen splendid. 1934 – JCW Just about as in 1913. 1918 – JCW The cyclamen and hydrangeas are both good. The roses and lapageria are fair. R decorum is…

24th August

…out on the lawn perhaps a little earlier than usual. Time for another attempt to stop young Tim mowing the leaves, flowers or corns. Cyclamen hederifolium Cyclamen hederifolium Outside the…

2nd September

…flowers also Conspicua. Cyclamen good. Lapagerias at their best and fuchsias. 1916 – JCW The cassia on the terrace, the hydrangeas, the cyclamen, and the lapageria and solanum are about…

13th September

…and our high rainfall do not mix well. 2015 – CHW Cyclamen hederifolium on the lawn here, as at Burncoose, are the harbingers of autumn. JCW spent hundreds of pounds…

28th July

…best things with the Romneyas. 1908 – JCW Buddleias good. 1906 – JCW A few cyclamen. The R auriculatums have started well. 1903 – JCW Several cyclamen, a lapageria or…

26th July

…1919 – JCW The Plagianthus goes back, the R ungernii would be good but for the lack of rain. Buddleias very nice. Fortuneis over. Cyclamen have started. Romneya nice. 1915…

10th February

…alongside the first primroses. Cyclamen coum Cyclamen coum Despite the cold this is a clump of campion which has, so far, escaped the previously mild winter. campion I gather that…

21st April

…‘Isca’ Cyclamen repandum in a wonderful group. Cyclamen repandum Cyclamen repandum Rhododendron albrectii in differing colours on two neighbouring plants. Rhododendron albrectii Rhododendron albrectii Magnolia ‘Pickards Garnet’ as good as…

11th August

…with both pink and white flowers. Native Yarrow! Achillea millefolium Achillea millefolium The cyclamen under the yew trees on the lawn have just started. cyclamen The Symphoricarpus albus var. laevigatus…