9th April

…Rhododendron ‘Pook’ – a williamsianum hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Pook’ Rhododendron ‘Arthur’ – a williamsianum hybrid. Rhododendron ‘Arthur’ Rhododendron falconeri ssp eximium Rhododendron falconeri ssp eximium Azalea ‘Oino-Mezame’ – a Kurume in…

24th January

…chunks of moss Still prominent seed heads on Stewartia pteropetiolata. Stewartia pteropetiolata A good set of well rooted layers of Rhododendron falconeri soon to be moved to a new location…

15th January

…spreading of these six. Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Fargesia rufa Fargesia rufa Fargesia utilis Fargesia utilis Himalayacalamus falconeri Himalayacalamus falconeri The evergreen leaves of Quercus rugosa have some scorching. Quercus rugosa I…

30th May

…away. Rhododendron falconeri is out and nearly over in ten days. Rhododendron falconeri A rather nice old red rhodo by the Acer griseum is the best thing at the top…

6th May

Falconeri is just opening. Auklandii is very good, much of it is to come. 1924 – JCW The first Magnolia Wilsoni was open. The cherries of all kinds have been…

15th May

…new growth. Vaccinum dunalianum caudatifolium Rhododendron falconeri now in flower but much less of a show than last year. Rhododendron falconeri On 1986 garden plans I find this (to me)…

24th April

…you. On 25 August 1965 3 cuttings each of Rhododendron calophytum, R. sutchuenense, R. orbiculare, R. falconeri and R. arboreum (white) were sent to ‘Milton Walker USA’. This small entry…

5th May

…Tregullow, his plants of Rhododendron ‘Colonel Rogers’ which is a Rhododendron niveum x Rhododendron falconeri cross. Very splendid this year. Last year it had relatively few flowers. Rhododendron ‘Colonel Rogers’…

19th July

…Romneya good. Plagianthus opening and is quite nice now. No crop of discolor or of auriculation or of weyrichii. Decorum, Falconeri is just over, it is very late for some…

15th November

…seeds of cleistocarpa – 1 of these fertile – and a lot on evergreen oak near Auklandii Garden below Falconeri. 1919 – JCW Pond frozen for five days. The hardest…