…cut, Geraniums probably dead. The Saluensis Camellias all coming out again but no colour on any Rhodo. This frost harder than Dec 38 but plants not so soft. Hamamelis quite…

…had a very wet six months. All Hamamelis flowered together again – Lower Quarry Nursery Hamamelis very early. Red Admiral fine. 1946 – CW Both Mag campbellii have a flower…

…Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna A consignment for planting out here from Burncoose – Hamamelis, hydrangea and deciduous azaleas for Kennel Close and Old Park where we are short of late…

…trees from Burncoose in the parkland and woodland gardens. An ancient tractor and Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ in the newly developed Engine House Yard. ancient tractor Helleborus argutifolius just opening. Helleborus…

…red hamamelis-like flowers which I have never seen like this before on either of our plants. Hilliers says that this is the Chinese form of Distylium racemosum which I have…

…several fuchsias. Camellia oleifera with several flowers in the wood. Picked several nice flowers of Rho R Arboreum x Thomsonii near Tin Garden. Also a bit of Hamamelis. Stewartia sinensis…

…colour. C sasanquas frosted. Erica darleyense not quite open. 1922 – JCW Roses – lapagerias – hydrangeas – Erica darleyense are all fair. I saw the first bit of Hamamelis…

…– CW Camellia oleifera very good but not at its best. Still an odd flower on Magnolia delavayi and Auriculatum hybrids. Camellia sasanqua past its best. First Hamamelis out and…

…the frost but not many. Cotoneaster salicifolia is by far the best thing we have, the Hamamelis mollis just show colour. The Erica hybrida not yet open. Roses (a few)…

…and a few Cam sasanqua left. Hamamelis mollis ½ open. Flowers on the white C japonica Dutch Pearl shows colour. 1927 – JCW A good few lapagerias flowers, several Rho…

…House double white. Hamamelis beginning to be good. Rho mucronulatum coming out and lutescens. Several lapagerias. All wall fuchsias cut some weeks ago, not in Tin Garden. 1934 – JCW…

…a family day’s shooting. Wonderful day for those who could stick it out. 1932 – JCW Fuchsias are nearly over from the wind. Hydrangeas are fair. Hamamelis mollis is very…

…Camellia sasanqua, Theifera A. Theifera B, Japonica various speciosa of Forrest’s. Gordonea anomala, some roses, Erica hybrida and codenodes. White australis, Hamamelis mollis very good. Rhodo mucronulatum nice. 4 kinds…

…1929 – JCW Hamamelis is nice. Mucronulatum also. Cam sasanquas keep on but are smashed by the wind. A good few daffs above ground. There have been several hot days…

…House), and a few speciosa hybrids. Cam sasanqua nearly over. Rho mucronulatum very good. Also a Sutchuenense hybrid above Rookery. Some lapagerias and fuschias. Odd bits of forsythia and hamamelis….

…odd bits of rhodo’s. 1917 – JCW Mary, May, PM and I at Werrington for the third time and 41 children being very cold indeed. Here Mucronulatum and Hamamelis mollis…

…1922 – JCW Hamamelis mollis is very nice. Cotoneaster salicifolia, Berberis fasicularis comes on well. Coums coming. Charles saw first snowdrop. Only odd flowers of rhodo other than Caucasicum sorts….

…5 of original Saluenensis out, but little else bar Nobleanum Pink. Hardly any Rhodos and Hamamelis also late. One snowdrop at Vean where [Camellia] J.C.W. out for over a week….

…Another hard spell – pond partly frozen over. 10° of frost. 1932 – JCW A lot of Camellia speciosa in flower, Hamamelis is very good, R mucronulatum wanes, some R…

…are all past. One or two sutchuenense hybrids show colour, the majority have no bud. 1921 – JCW Hamamelis is over, E darleyense is at its best, R mucronulatum is…