…Salicifolia. Several Prunus out. Rho argenteum at its best and Rookery Blood Red Arboreum also many Sutchuenense. Some Lutescens good, also Ririei, Hookeri and others. Even one bit of Augustinii….

…‘Camden Hero’ is new to the catalogue and is growing steadily through the winter. Flower spikes starting to show. Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ Calceolaria ‘Camden Hero’ One of…

…Rhodo barbatum, lutescens, ririei, also Blood Reds and Sutchuenense hybrids out, Leucaspis and both Moupinense and its hybrids. I picked 12 different red cups and clear yellows in Tin Garden….

…year. 1920 – JCW There are 21 species of Rhodo showing some flower Lutescens – Scabrifolium and Sutchunense are good, Praecox is the best thing open. 1916 – JCW Rhodo’…

…snowdrops and hundreds of wild primroses. 1931 – JCW Lutescens and Ririei give flowers. Cyclamineus give no colour yet. 1926 – JCW Prunus conradinae in one case is half open….

…Caerhays daff open in the Orchard, many crimson scarlet hybrids show colour, R irroratum is opening. R scabrifolium, lutescens, baileyi, two forms of dahuricum – moupinense, several Caucasicums, a bit…

…this day] Rhodo’s – Sulfureum, Lutescens, Bayleyi, Davidsonianum, Irroratum, Dahuricum semp’s, Mucronulatum, Racemosum, Scabrifolium, Ririei, Quinquefolium, Moupinense, Thomsonii, Barbatum, Obtusum, Parvifolium, Rubiginosum.1915 – JCW Only Cyclamineus and one or two…

…Some Moupinense and Lutescens at their best, Hamamelis still good, also some Rho mucronulatum. Speciosa on wall open at the top wall. Hybrids some covered with flower. Cam reticulata species…

…this one is going great guns. Araucaria bidwillii Araucaria bidwillii Araucaria bidwillii Many seed clusters of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have been stripped from the tree in recent gales but these two…

…by Philip. 1964 – FJW Charles picked first snowdrop. 1935 – JCW A few Lutescens, the best of the mucronulatum killed on Jan 11th. 1914 – JCW Coums at about…

…so well through such filthy weather? Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ The old cones on Araucaria angustifolia are now starting to disintegrate. Araucaria angustifolia Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s…

…9, Rhodo’s just recovering and Lutescens leads a long way and the Camellia speciosa has been good owing to the buds opening almost at once when the frost left. 1929…

…serratifolia x ardisifolia (ex Crûg). Photinia serratifolia x ardisifolia Rhododendron fulvum above Higher Quarry Nursery. Rhododendron fulvum Rhododendron ‘Jim Russell’ (cilicalyx hybrid). Rhododendron ‘Jim Russell’ Rhododendron lutescens at its very…

…bad year for flowers on most of the Cam japonicas. Rho lutescens is over. Mag sargentiana cut by the wind. 1927 – JCW Rho ciliicalyx is at its best, it…

…slowly recovering after it was cleared around to give it more light. Hamamelis mollis Rhododendron lutescens full out now as you would expect. Rhododendron lutescens Primroses and cyclamen on the…

…colour on a Hamamelis by the till. Hamamelis A large dead sweet chestnut felled yesterday at the back of Burncoose House. dead sweet chestnut A good clump of Rhododendron lutescens…

…Darragh. restored bench Cleaning up and cutting back the Rhododendron lutescens in Quarry Rd. Cleaning up and cutting back Cleaning up and cutting back Cleaning up and cutting back Zanthoxylum…

…nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Jasminum nudiflorum on the stone faced earth bank outside Malvern House in the village. Jasminum nudiflorum Rhododendron lutescens nearly fully out by Red Linney. Rhododendron lutescens First…

…‘New Venture’ just out (japonica x ‘Gauntlettii’). A large flower which will open out flatter. Camellia ‘New Venture’ Camellia ‘New Venture’ Rhododendron lutescens now has plenty of flowers but they…

…pink been out for 3 weeks, also Engine House double white. Lapagerias good, some fuchsias still nice. Rho lutescens a lot out and very many other odd bits. Yellow Hammer…