5th May

…Court display Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ – a Borde Hill cross between Paeonia delavayi and Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii. Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ‘Anne Rosse’ Paeonia ludlowii –…

16th July

…‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Asphodeline lutea setting seed – introduced 1596. Asphodeline lutea One of the 4 historic cedars below over last December. The Royal Family bought Osborne…

7th July

‘Lutea’ nearby. Not a leaf left on the lower branches. Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’ Cornus oblonga was a gift from David West of Fromefield. Doing well and very distinct. Cornus oblonga…

21st October

…odd flower of Coum, the leaves of the Crocus imperati. Sternbergia lutea at its best. (Handwritten note attached to page, dated 21st May 1932) I put yellow Maddeni hybrid on…