…JCW Very very little May, hardly any lilac. Dalhousi, Ovatum, Orbiculare, Baylei all open. 1912 – JCW Plenty of May everywhere, Lilac going back, Azaleas are very nice. Tubergens Iris…

…phospate put on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis…

…are from Forrest’s last collecting trip ending with his death in 1932. Rhododendron ovatums Rhododendron ovatums 2002 – FJW Delia had trip in new car and approved of it and…

…mud 2016 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Tessa’ has a few flowers of a poor colour beside the clump of Rhododendron ovatum. Normally a semi evergreen but not this ‘winter’! Rhododendron ‘Tessa’…