21st November

…leaves are completely brown. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ 2017 – CHW A pheasant has hit the best bathroom window! Plenty of glass in the…

31st January

…circular tube which the manufacturers say is ‘widely used in Africa for centuries’. You collect the water and then have to take a separate glass measuring jar to calibrate the…

21st January 1897- 2020

…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…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…decline.The film crew arrived at 8.00am and left at 5.50pm with their ‘toys’ and the odd glass of wine. A profitably day which makes me think. What they bought was…

22nd February 1897 – 2020

…scenting the smaller new glasshouse. Camellia ‘Quintessence’ Camellia ‘Quintessence’ Tom Hudson’s vireya rhododendron; Rhododendron sororium aff. has a single yellow flower (TH 3769). Too tender for outside growing. Rhododendron sororium…

26th March 1897 – 2020

…and slow weather. 1901 – JCW The above show colour except G Bell, have picked a C J Backhouse. 1900 – JCW Have put under glass to open Emperor, Empress,…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…(ie George Johnstone’s) of Camellia reticulata. Very different to our 1931 plantings below Donkey Shoe. Camellia reticulata Camellia reticulata Rhododendron veitchiorum in the glasshouse – not much scent surprisingly. Rhododendron…