5th February

…Camellia x williamsii ‘St Ewe’ Mahonia species Nova from Roy Lancaster still looking wonderful on Bond Street. Mahonia species Nova Laurel planting below Bond Street looks good. Laurel 2021 –…

22nd September

…japonica The label for this Hedychium seems to have vanished. Hedychium 2023 – CHW Interesting secondary new growth on Meliosma sp. TH5092 from North Vietnam. Meliosma sp. TH5092 First flowers…

21st January

…Roy Lancaster which he believes is a ‘species Nova’ and, as yet, unnamed. mahonia mahonia mahonia Snowdrops on Bond Street at their best. Snowdrops Seven hundred and fifty laurels arrive…

2nd March

…week with Raf Lenaerts party. Magnolia ‘Queen Elizabeth’ is suddenly full out. Magnolia ‘Queen Elizabeth’ As is Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Rhododendron…