…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…

…from Burncoose – Hamamelis, hydrangea and deciduous azaleas for Kennel Close and Old Park where we are short of late season colour. from Burncoose The clump of Sarcococca hookeriana var….

…to place out 250 rare and unusual trees from Burncoose in the parkland and woodland gardens. An ancient tractor and Hamamelis mollis ‘Pallida’ in the newly developed Engine House Yard….

…but this is being sorted by a Dutch expert in water features who comes from Norfolk. Further planting of specimen trees and hamamelis along the entrance drive but all placed…

…is now considered to be a Parrotia species. Looks more like a Hamamelis flower to me and not that exciting really but the purple undersides of the newer leaves certainly…

…the first flowers on Maddenia wilsonii a few days ago. This is Sycopsis tutcheri with its very dark red hamamelis-like flowers which I have never seen like this before on…

…very fine larger growing species. Deutzia pulchra Deutzia pulchra Sycopsis tutcheri with reddish flowers rather like a hamamelis. Should not a sycopsis only flower in January/February? Perhaps not this species….

…Still 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…

…Erica darleyense are all fair. I saw the first bit of Hamamelis mollis, also the first few Camellia sasanqua. There is only one Maddeni hybrid open but it is very…

…1944 – 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…

…have, the Hamamelis mollis just show colour. The Erica hybrida not yet open. Roses (a few) in the Tin Garden. 1915 – JCW The lapagerias are yet nice. Cam sasanqua…

…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 sulfureum and lutescens, and…

…out – also a few flowers of Speciosa and its hybrids. Also Engine House double white. Hamamelis beginning to be good. Rho mucronulatum coming out and lutescens. Several lapagerias. All…

…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…

…of Forrest’s. Gordonea anomala, some roses, Erica hybrida and codenodes. White australis, Hamamelis mollis very good. Rhodo mucronulatum nice. 4 kinds of Caucasicum. 1901 – JCW A very few roses…

…early double white from below Engine House. 1929 – JCW Hamamelis is nice. Mucronulatum also. Cam sasanquas keep on but are smashed by the wind. A good few daffs above…

…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….

…– JCW Mary, May, PM and I at Werrington for the third time and 41 children being very cold indeed. Here Mucronulatum and Hamamelis mollis are good. 1916 – JCW…

…is very good. 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…

…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….