2nd April

…Blackthorn is good in most places. 1897 – JCW Dorothy, H Irving’s, Flora Wilson, Beatrice Heseltine, P grandiflora all out. Cherries at their best, also the tulips in the grap….

18th October

…much doubt it. 2019 – CHW The Beatrice Fleur sasanqua camellias are in the ground and wired against rabbits and deer. sasanqua camellias sasanqua camellias The second elderly Camellia sasanqua…

13th October

…The public mood may be close to changing. 2019 – CHW The sasanqua camellias have arrived from France for Beatrice’s christening planting at the entrance to the Old Park probably…

28th May

…over. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii 2022 – CHW Beatrice’s christening today. She and Isla descend the stairs in their finery. She and Isla Neil and a rather grumpy…

3rd June

…horrid beside Georges Hut. Only two small flowers this year in its second flowering season. Beatrice is examining the Quercus cleistocarpa alongside although we all agree it is now a…

2nd June

…on an oak collection review with Beatrice Chassé of which I will write more when I get her findings and renaming after her two day visit.Along the way I spot…

7th August

…Probably not as the pheasants will eat all the berries before we begin to see them. The new Beatrice plantation of Camellia sasanqua varieties to commemorate her birth is now…