10th August

…out on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ now full out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Plenty of new secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ but only where…

9th August

…powellii Eucryphia cordifolia still some way off flowering and last years seeds are not ripe yet either. Eucryphia cordifolia Loads of small secondary flowers on the Playhouse wisteria after the…

25th December

…big tree now but originally a gift from Richard Carew Pole and Anthony Gardens. Acacia cultriformis Acacia cultriformis Seed setting on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Acacia melanoxylon in bud but…

20th April

…leaves. Tilia kuisiana Tilia kuisiana Tilia kuisiana Wonderful bark on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’. Much the same as ‘Miss Honeybee’ as it…

20th August

…– CW Eucryphia pinnatifolia over some days. Nymansii a week past its best and the Auklandii Garden Cordifolia looks well from front door. Rho auriculatum going over but many of…

6th March

…ssp. populifolis Betula x caerulea Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica Betula cordifolia Betula mandschurica Betula utilis ssp. utilis Betula ‘Greyswood Hill’ (a Betula ermanii clone) Betula ‘Greyswood Ghost’ (a Betula jacquemontii…

6th October

…C. parvilimba C. hongkongensis C. granthamiana C. crapnelliana C. flaviolatus C. chengii C. cordifolia C. tunganii C. sinensis assamica C. strictoclada (C. strictocarpa?) C. oleifera – East China C. vietnamensis…

28th October

…½ ft high. Very bad storms. Camellia sasanqua very nice. 1939 JCW Been very dry for almost 2 months with one wet spell. Fuchsias still untouched. Eucryphias cordifolia and bilidari…

30th August

…but lots for the house still. Fuchsias at their best and been good for six weeks. Eucryphia nymansensis just past best. Big Cordifolia well out on top. A lot of…

2nd September

…Glorious, in the K Garden. Eucryphia cordifolia very good. White rhodo’s auriculatum etc mostly over. Magnolia delavayi good and both var of Grandiflora. Quite a lot of Mag salicifolia have…