…Elsewhere bluebells. A veritable carpet of flowers. Cyclamen coum, coloured primroses and wild primulas Cyclamen coum, coloured primroses and wild primulas A pleasant surprise. At last an unnoticed Melliodendron xylocarpum…

…very nice. Fortuneis over. Cyclamen have started. Romneya nice. 1915 – JCW Plagianthus lyalii is at its very best though we used it at the Route March lunch 13 days…

…1994 – FJW Dry spell came to an end. 1931 – JCW Poor lot of rhodo’n flower bud. Fuchsia, lapagerias, hydrangea are all our flowers except cyclamen. 1925 – JCW…

…Hoheria on the terrace is the best thing with the cyclamen. Fuchsias are good and worth more care. Lapagerias are fair. No planting yet the ground has been so dry….

…have flowers. Cyclamen and lapagerias good. Enkianthus in Auklandii garden fine colour. Camellia sasanqua white outside stables full of flower. Acer Mt Usher (?) on left of Tin Garden path…

…indeed, a good few lapagerias. Cyclamen are over, roses a few. Rain seems to be coming to us slowly. No proper gales yet. 1918 – JCW The sasanquas show a…

…JCW Buddleia magnifica very nice. Forrest’s rogue buddleia very pretty. Auriculatums over. Cyclamen starting and so the hydrangeas. Gladiolus at their best. 1914 – JCW Cyclamen ⅕ open. Lapageria a…

…few daffs moving. Primula malacoides is nice. Camellia sasanqua a few on the big plant. Cyclamen leaves good, very little flower. Cassia good, lapagerias fair, roses several. 1907 – JCW…

…– CHW Cyclamen still in flower on the bank and around the summerhouse. Cyclamen Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ I think. A pale colour and variable mainly semi double flowers. Camellia…

…‘Pallida’ – large sized plants Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ – large sized plants Cyclamen coum nicely out. A darker form than the one see in the garden on Christmas Day. Cyclamen…

…weeks ago. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Four young Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ still full out and very fine in the sun. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ The first spring Cyclamen coum flower on the…

…are clearly pure white which is rather a surprise. Perhaps a branch or two have sported? Azalea ‘Hoo’ Cyclamen hederifolium foliage has a wonderful marbled appearance. Large clumps all over…

…1906 – JCW Several aconite, snowdrops open, Cyclamen coums good very, Ericas nice some of them, Rh nobleanum nice, no frost for a month, Cro imperati open. 1905 – JCW…

…racemes of flowers. We will see shortly! Stauntonia hexaphylla Stauntonia hexaphylla Naturalised cyclamen, primroses and snowdrops all over the bank outside the front door. cyclamen, primroses and snowdrops 2017 –…

…in the blog six days ago. true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ true Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ A smashing display of wild Cyclamen coum above the gents’ loo. wild Cyclamen coum And the first coloured…

…alpine glasshouse at Rosemoor.Cyclamen repandum< Cyclamen repandum[/caption] Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ozothamnus coralloides Ozothamnus coralloides Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Narcissus…

…panniculata is good. 1906 – JCW C sasanqua in flower (two or three). A few two year old daffs up. Cyclamen are good yet and so are the lapagerias and…

…x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ out in flower already. Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ Helleborus x sahinii ‘Winterbells’ White Cyclamen in profussion for a Channel Island customer. White Cyclamen…

…and garden wants rain. Cyclamen good. 1947 – CW Eat the last peaches. Still much too dry. 1941 – CW Six Magnolias out. Both forms of Grandiflora, Nigra, Conspicua, Salicifolia…

…young foliage. Romneya not very good yet, too much rain. Rhodo rhabdotum is astonishing. 1917 – JCW The first cyclamen found open. 1898 – JCW The first cyclamen in flower….