28th March

…Krume. 1931 – JCW The early Kobus is covered with bloom, a few blooms on the nursery Stellata seedling. Mag denudata purpurascens shows colour in the bud of a pale…

2nd April

purpurascens has been looking sickly and is now dead. The penalty these new introductions pay for tender autumn new growth. A sheltered spot but it has hated the east winds…

7th April

…‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show White and blue Spanish bluebells….

20th February

…Carpinus rankenensis Acer pseudoseboldianum subsp. takasimense Hydrangea chinensis – from Taiwan Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Deutzia purpurascens – variable – ours purple Deutzia longifolia – pink or white flowers Indigofera…