2nd August

…hot summer. Holboellia latifolia Sorbus rosea (SEP 492) with first fruits forming but not yet pink. Sorbus rosea This was the Sparrmannia africana cut to the ground in the ‘Beast’…

4th February

…Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Amazingly after the frost last week Sparmannia africana has flower buds showing which are only slightly drooping after the cold. Slightly protected by a covering but…

14th July

…sennii And more cold damage: Protea cyanaroides literally cut in half by cold. Protea cyanaroides Protea cyanaroides Sparmannia africana cut to ground level but reshooting at last. Sparmannia africana Datura…

21st August

…delavayi var. delavayi f. lutea is losing its leaves and its seeds are ripening fast. Paeonia delavayi var. delavayi f. lutea 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHW Oh…

13th May

…As at Borde Hill this is out now but I remember the old trees flowering here only in late summer. Magnolia fraseri Magnolia fraseri Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’, one of my…

5th May

…Borde Hill cross between Paeonia delavayi and Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii. Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ludlowii – an especially fine form (previously lutea var….

16th July

…‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Asphodeline lutea setting seed – introduced 1596. Asphodeline lutea One of the 4 historic cedars below over last December. The Royal Family bought Osborne…

7th July

‘Lutea’ nearby. Not a leaf left on the lower branches. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Cornus oblonga was a gift from David West of Fromefield. Doing well and very distinct. Cornus oblonga…

21st October

…odd flower of Coum, the leaves of the Crocus imperati. Sternbergia lutea at its best. (Handwritten note attached to page, dated 21st May 1932) I put yellow Maddeni hybrid on…