7th April

…run of wet weather end? Still no sign of any house martins and the water meadows flooded for the third week in a row. The grand opening of the Cornwall…

10th April

…in 1960 but rather passé today in terms of colour and impact but not hardiness. My great grandmother died well before my great grandfather so I must look up the…

17th July

…– FJW 1st part of Delia’s Grand Design [tapestry] unveiled 5’11” x 3’1” – day space men shook hands. 1934 – JCW Fuschias goodish. Romneya never so good. Mag delavayi…

1st July

…turn up at the Podocarpus stand. It was christened as “Becher’s Brook” after the famous fence in the Grand National. I am not at all sure that this was a…

1st September

…one of them for the moment. This is despite Western Power having been paid in full last November. Covid again, of course, but administrative incompetence on a grand scale. the…

28th February

…plant. Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’ A seedling given by FJW to JPW which is clearly from M. ‘Caerhays Belle’. M. ‘Caerhays Belle’ Rhododendron grande flowering well with more light now that the…