4th February 1897 – 2020

…open very late, Erica hybrida is very good. 1914 – JCW Very few roses, C coum good, Clematis cirrhosa good, a few Camellias open, R mucronulatum good, R lutescens starting,…

28th January 1897 – 2020

…A very mild winter up to this. 1914 – JCW Quite a late year so far from 1914. No sign of a trumpet daff here. C coum is nice, Aconite…

21st January 1897- 2020

…by the Dining Room, others show colour. N calathinus one or two, a few Aconites, a nice lot of coums, a few of the Ericas. 1906 – JCW Yellow crocus…

3rd January 1897- 2020

…Nobleanums have been very nice. Narcissus cyclamineus is open and the Cyclamen coum are fair. One good blood red hybrid is open near Engine House. 1917 – JCW Hamamelis mollis…

15th January 1897- 2020

…nobleanum, R barbatum, R moupinense, Thomsonii x a blood red, R oleifolium, R lutescens, R chrysanthum and a bit of Pearl. The snowdrops, coums and aconites are fair, no daffodils…

7th January 1897- 2020

…on the wall. C sasangua over, Coums are late, mucronulatum good, lutescens fair, Erica hybrida fair. 1924 – JCW Rather behind 1922, Coums are starting but most things are a…

30th December

…or 3 just show colour. Many daffs up in Tin Garden. C coum over ⅓ open. Erica codonodes very good. 1900 – JCW I picked the first flower of Minimus….

9th December

…– no others out. A few bits of Rho Yellow Hammer and others but no Auriculatum hybrids left. Some coum cyclamen and a couple of flowers of early white polyanthus…

7th December

…is, a wonderful autumn.1907 – JCW Cam sasanqua very good, coums coming on, roses are yet quite fair, no serious frost.1900 – JCW I saw the first coum. sasanqua at…

26th October

…and hydrangea are going over. Some Camellia sasanqua coming out, some roses opening. Solanum is good. Some daffs are up. 1902 – JCW I saw the first C coum open….

21st October

…year for Camellia seed. 1919 – JCW It is very dry now and so deep in the ground. The hydrangeas are the best things. R decoum is good, some flower…

26th February 1897 – 2020

…nice Camellias open. Snow on the mountain out. Garden after tea with D. 1908 – JCW Caerhays daffodil very few open or indeed any of the above. C coum is…