…which David Knuceky planted along the edge of the pond. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ The new planting from 2 years ago by the old walled garden has had a good growing…

…and sent to me by David Lake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=8UvFhIFzaac&app=desktop. Unlike the alarmist bleatings of the BBC and government funded scientists this is a rather different scientific view representing totally different arguments…

…send to David West. It is faintly apricot in colour now having been yellow earlier. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum nearby is turning colour…

…but have missed it at its very best. Cladastris kentuckea Another one for David West! What is this cotoneaster then? Berries just starting to turn yellow and plenty of them….

…– FJW Very heavy rain. 1979 – FJW David John Williams took first wicket for Gorran – he also caught (1) and scored (0). 1964 – FJW Mr and Mrs…

…A visit to Jenny Knuckey, the widow of my former and original partner at Burncoose. Since David’s recent death she has had major heart surgery herself but was back home…

…– FJW First frost last night. 1997 – FJW Snow. Stormy night. 1979 – FJW David returned as a school monitor!! 1975 – FJW C.H.W awarded Langdon scholarship to Worcester…

…Chimonanthus praecox which was only planted in 2021. Not a plant I ever remember growing here but David Knuckey planted a good one behind the house at Burncoose. It lived…

…going and this plant clearly needs potting and caning up straight. From China and Taiwan. Long pointed leaves a bit like a huge yew. Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana…

…of its buds have been blown off in the wind. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 1968 – FJW David picked first snowdrops of year. 1967 – FJW Cold started….

…in three to four weeks with no frost. Magnolia veitchii and Magnolia campbellii 1997 – FJW Picked two flowers on Cam nobilissima 1968 – FJW David picked first lot of…

…David picked first 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…

…back yard.1967 – FJW Very early and impossibly mild. David picked two daffs. Saw a member of the Swallow family looking fit and well.1961 – FJW Rain has been incessant…

…after what he once wrote about David Knuckey and Burncoose some 30 years ago. Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ Magnolia ‘Peter Smithers’ 2004 – FJW Dry January. Seaweed left pond – 2…

…CHW both appear on ITV (local) news last night. David at No 10 Downing Street and me at Heligan sounding more pompous than I thought but it will give everyone…

…Rupert Eley (treasurer), David Millais (chairman) and I (committee member) are still attempting to help run the society/group as well as the same nurseries and gardens which our great grandfathers…

…October) but a ‘spotted’ one and rather special when you look into the flower. I cannot remember the name of it but it was a present from David Knuckey’s friend…

…planting out. Self-sown seeds Self-sown seeds Self-sown seeds Self-sown seeds Remarkably quick and good new growth on the Rhododendron davidsonianum cut down only 11-12 weeks ago. We need to do…

…another still day. We may be lucky tomorrow for the wedding. David and Jenny Knuckey (my long since retired partners from Burncoose) are doing Serena’s flowers. The nursery have failed…

…– FJW Last corn cut and brought in – very wet from mid August – weeds very bad. 1971 – FJW David shot his first blackbird before my very eyes….