21st December

…( Rombergpark) – Magnolia ‘Picard’s Schmetterling’ x ‘Felix Jury’ – Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’ – Magnolia ‘Coral Reef’ – Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Caerhays Belle’ – Magnolia (laevifolia x champaca) x…

20th February

…radiata. i look it up and think it’s Ramaria stricta (Upright Coral) Ramaria stricta ? Magnolia ‘F.J. Williams’ now full out and splendid at the entrance to Old Park. Good…

2nd August

…down above the drive. Huge flowerheads which turn coral pink in autumn. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ – top end of clearing to top lodge. Smaller…

17th September

…hybrids planted out today from Millais were as follows: – Rhododendron Veryan Bay – Rhododendron Loderi Helen – Rhododendron Loderi Pink Coral – Rhododendron Loderi Sir Edmund – Rhododendron campylocarpum…

18th May

…after planting. Formerly called Pterocarya paliuris. A medium sized tree with disc winged (rather than two winged) fruit. Cyclocarya paliuris Rhododendron ‘Jock’ and Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Jock’ Embothrium lanceolatum…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…had forgotten about but which are new to us and well worth propagating this summer:   Camellia ‘Candy Apple’ Camellia ‘Annie Waylam’ is a good paeony form and better than…