25th January

…Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’. I wonder why? Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Very frosted and dead young Echiums outside the Library window. Elsewhere the larger one year old plants just survive….

13th January

…know here. Meliosma rigida Still unfrosted Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in full flower. Echium pininana and Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Garrya elliptica flowers in their full tasselated…

2nd September

…has to say that it has recovered into rude health. Magnolia dawsoniana Flower tassels well formed on Garrya elliptic ‘James Roof’. Garrya elliptic ‘James Roof’ Rainclouds loom at last and…

12th June

…as did the food stalls. the bar 2021 – CHW The promised heatwave finally arrives.Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ is finally recovering from the February cold. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Jasminum…

7th March

…opening white. Planted three or four years ago. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ was scorched to brown in the…

26th October

…‘Black and Blue’ Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ with tassel flowers which will be out before long. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Ripe seed heads for Asia on the Hedychium. Hedychium Medlar…

30th September

…Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ in fine fettle with flower tassels developing. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Euphorbia mellifera looked dead but with a chop back it has now regrown and is…

28th April

…growth on Tristianopsis laurina. Tristianopsis laurina I attach email correspondence with James Garnett from the Service des Espaces Verts et de l’Environnement (SEVE) in Nantes about Michelias with his pictures….

1st October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The Mallotus japonicus which was a gift from James Garnett and the Botanic…

28th May

James Turrell in 2015. Basically you look through a hole in the roof in the three phases of twilight which the eye and brain will see. Impressive even in daylight!…