…My mother was very keen on these sibericas and there are still some outside The Rabbit Warren in a damp shady place. Iris siberica ‘Butter and Sugar’ Iris siberica ‘Butter…

…website pictures of. Camellia ‘Holfordiana’ Camellia ‘Holfordiana’ Iris unguicularis flowering away in the nursery. One forgets how impressive this species is. Iris unguicularis Iris unguicularis Ribes laurifolium now full out….

…sweet peas, woodwardias are all good. No sign of iris moving. 1903 – JCW Not been to Scotland. The first Iris Stylosa open some days ago, first Camellia sasanqua today….

…Reconstruction starts Iris douglasiana (I think) growing outside the School Room window. Do not remember it being there before? Iris douglasiana Iris douglasiana Then to Burncoose. Ruta waters her admirable…

…touch much except the grass. grass And have left the yellow iris alone. Presumably the taste of iris was not to their liking. iris Still plenty of water flowing from…

…a ‘sort of’ iris. Orthrosanthus polystachus Gastrolobium celsianum – pea shaped flowers. Gastrolobium celsianum Dryandra praemorsa – presumably protea family. Dryandra praemorsa A clump of Wachendorfia thyrsiflora just finishing flowering….

…but the Iris as above, the best year for Bananas ever known. Loniceras have done well. Woodwardia badly. Clematis panniculata V.G. Ipomoea nice. 1901 – JCW Returned from Scotland. Cassia,…

…hydrangeas, not roses of which there are several. Iris stylosa nice, Iris alata very good. Camellia sasanqua quite fine. Many daff seedlings of all ages show up in the pans…

…Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ A nice showing of dwarf blue iris in pots too. dwarf blue iris Despite the continuing cold the pace of spring’s arrival…

…form of Corylus maxima ‘Purpurea’. Corylus maxima ‘Purpurea’ 2022 – CHW Iris ‘Lady in Waiting’ rather good. Iris ‘Lady in Waiting’ Lavandula ‘Meerlo’ has attractive variegation. Lavandula ‘Meerlo’ A good…