29th October

…Walk which blocked the road and brought down the phonelines. Bob assisted Jaimie with the telehandler and front bucket. beech tree beech tree These may be shaggy inkcap or lawyer’s…

12th April

…few open, no de Graaf, similar to 1900. Shilsonii very good and so the Argenteums, probably the best things we have out. 1898 – JCW Bob saw the first swallow….

10th November

…1915 – JCW We have put out near the daff frames two of Bob’s white Erica australis. 1914 – JCW The Camellia sasanqua is quite good. Lapagerias, cassias are nice,…

4th June

…happened today. Bob Tregunna had been going through his eldest brother’s things and thought we might like to keep and put on display his medals. There was also an album…

21st June

…species next to it is over so I hope I have deduced this correctly. Very fine today anyway. When you google D. paniculata most of the pictures are so laughably…

16th February

…and no sign of any live twigs and a prune back to help it recover as I had originally hoped. Magnolia sprengeri ‘Burncoose’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Burncoose’ 2022 – CHW Zantedeschia…

22nd February

…of sympathy to the owners, Mark and Abbie Jury, with the hope for the same eventual outcome here. Storm Eunice a fleabite by comparison. 2021 – CHW A work trip…

19th February

…was flooded on the hightide at 7am and hoped for better this evening. ‘Stay at home’ (in all circumstances) and ‘stay safe’; the usual covid cries repeated in another context….

27th April

…in tight bud. Rehderodendron indochinense Flowers on what I hope Susyn Andrews will confirm as an ancient Ilex forrestii. Ilex forrestii A good day showing Tom Christian around the garden….

3rd July

…first time in 7 weeks and the forecast for next week is pleasantly wet. Hopefully that is the end of the drought for this summer. 2022 – CHW Lunch with…