…Solanum not quite all out or C sasanqua, but we have had some frost. Roses hold on and the Erica codonodes are opening nicely. Clematis cirrhosa is good. 1909 –…

…and quite nice. 1911 – JCW Camellia sasanqua are all over, it has been a very early year. Clematis cirrhosa is about the only thing opening, some roses keep on….

…one. R cyanocarpum and one Maddeni x Roylei, this last has been out for six weeks. 1919 – JCW Some Hamamelis is in full flower. Clematis cirrhosa is open well….

…been open for some time. 1913 – JCW Many good roses, over 100 lapageria on the pillar plant. Clematis cirrhosa very good. Camellia sasanqua, some heaths nice. Sweet leaved geranium…

…to get it’. (Bob’s entry in his diary of his finding the white Erica australis). 1911 – JCW Clematis cirrhosa is good, some fair Camellia sasanqua left, ordinary camellias showing…

…camellia open. Cynoglossum holds on. Lapagerias nice, several heaths. Clematis cirrhosa very good. Hammamelis nice. Iris stylosa open. 1910 – JCW C sasanqua nice. E hybrida starting to open. Just…

…cirrhosa good, a few Camellias open, R mucronulatum good, R lutescens starting, some few buds show colour on Thomsonii x Arboreum. Heaths are nice. 1909 – JCW There are good…

…very good, useful lot of roses in the three beds, various daffs mainly with jonquil blood are up. Lapagerias nice, cassia stays on, solanum good, cirrhosa is coming out. 1900…

…nice, to C coums are fair, the hamamelis are going over whilst the Caucasicums have no buds this year like all the early rhodos. Clematis cirrhosa and snowdrops both open…