…arboreum – blood red arboreum – micranthum – dahuricum – racemosum – sutchuenense.1913 – JCW I found a small spray of Pyrus malus open. The Thomsonii x Arboreum lot are…

…of Rhodo of which the best are Sutchuenense and hybrids of the same. Strigillosum – Hookeri – Racemosum – Ririei – Barbatum – Irroratum – Lutescens – Scabrifolium – Argenteum…

…seen there last year were the same. Hilliers say that S. tutcheri is in fact Distylum racemosum but admits to the fact that Chinese forms may be different from those…

…cyclamineus open. 1922 – JCW Pollen to be had off the following species R obtusum – moupinense – rubiginosum – neriiflorum – cuneatum – racemosum – scabrifolium – oreodoxa –…

…bits of R yunnanense, R lutescens, R nobleanum, R dahuricum and R racemosum are open. 1902 – JCW Far behind the above, snowdrops coming on, a Camellia or two, it…

…late flower Argenteum * I could fill a show vase, rest odd flowers. Aemulorum* Davidsonianum* Praecox Leucaspis Parvifolium* Rubiginosum* Stewartianum* Racemosum* (Oleifolium) Primulinum Hybrids Blood Red Arboreum x Thompsonii all…

…and Bob’s heath is opening. 1917 – JCW Some C Coums open, Hamamelis mollis very good, bits of R Lutescens, dahuricum mucronulatum, Thomsonii, nobleanum, Venustum and Racemosum section, Thomsonii x…

…Magnolia ‘Columbus’ (parentage unknown and needs looking up) Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Magnolia ‘Columbus’ A very red Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ (racemosum x pemakoense) was…

…first time. R racemosum is very good in the Drive. 1913 – JCW Gauntlett’s plant hardly shows colour. Some buds of Auklandii show colour, no recurvas quite open. Clematis montana…

…say this is Distylium racemosum but I am not at all sure that I agree). A small evergreen shrub growing well in full sun. Sycopsis tutcheri Sycopsis tutcheri Still flowers…

…panniculata is very good indeed. 1916 – JCW No frost. Solanum, lapagerias, cyclamen, hydrangeas all useful. Rhodo’s neriiflorum, decorum, scintillans, 10333, fastigiatum, raniosisimums, lepidotum and racemosum all show bits of…

…fastigiatum, R oreotrephes, R saluense, R hippophaeoides, R scintillans, R telmatium, R impeditum, R decorum, R rupicolum, R primulicum, R racemosum, R lepidotum, R trichodadum, R intricatum, R leoides, R…

…fortnight and last 3 ½ acres. 1916 – JCW The following rhodo’s with bits of flower open – R scintillans, 10333. fastigiatum, racemosum, flavidum, intricatum, rupicolum, decorum, ponticum, and chrysanthum…

…scintillans, R racemosum, R radicans, R fastigatum, and bits of flower are open on R decorum, R ungernii and R intricatum. The roses are very good indeed in the 3…

…argenteum + -, Sir C Lemon +, arboreum + – , barbatum + – , campanulatum +, keysii +, rubiginosum +, cuneatum ( for the 1st time) +, racemosum +…

…either of our plants. Hilliers says that this is the Chinese form of Distylium racemosum which I have seen in flower in the nursery and which does have similar flowers….

…Camellia reticulata ‘Den Burton’ with its first enormous flower by Red Linney. A new one to us from France. The rare white form of Rhododendron racemosum (near Tin Garden) which…

…Prunus pendula just opening. R racemosum in the drive very good but not all out. 1911 – JCW M de Graaf is opening, a fairly good lot of Reticulatas open,…

…wrong. This looks a bit like Rhododendron racemosum in flower and leaf. An Alan Clark collection I assume. Plants purchased when he moved from his nursery which came here in…

…trumpets and early reds are far advanced, several camellias open, Rho racemosum on the wane and so is fargesii, primulinum, oreodoxa, sutchuenense. Calophytum is well out and the heaths with…