…1932 – JCW Erica hybrida is opening, some Magnolia delavayi bud show white and Eucryphia pinnatifolia has been put out for autumn colour only. 1923 – JCW Cotoneaster salicifolia is…

…Saluenensis about to open. C sasanqua almost all over. Oleifera good. Hardly any rhododendrons show colour just Burmanicum and a very few bits. Erica medit a lot out, some darleyense….

…Camellia sasanquas but it was too wet a summer for them. I picked some Moupinense two days ago. Erica hybrida began to open a week ago. I saw a late…

…ever since Oct. R venustum the most useful cut flower. A few of the new fuchsia open. Erica darleyense very good. 1928 – JCW C sasanquas and lapagerias nice, finished…

…still on Beech Walk oaks. A very dry autumn. 1916 – JCW Erica hybrida and Erica codonodes are opening. C sasanqua is fair. Have picked a good deal of rhodo…

…progressively burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already…

…bank. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ We cut back a number of old Erica arborea above the 5 magnolias but the regrowth is coming from emerging seedlings and not the old wood….

…by Burncoose now are simply too tender. I wonder if JCW tried any fuchsia hybrids? Certainly P D Williams at Lanarth produced some erica hybrids which are still sold today…

…magellanica ‘Arauco’ The Hydrangea paniculata varieties just coming into flower. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ looking very fine. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’ The South African Erica cerinthoides is a new website entry shortly….

…fruticosa ‘Africana’ Erodium ‘Bishop’s Form’. Erodium ‘Bishop’s Form’ Melaleuca diosmifolia in full flower. Melaleuca diosmifolia Melaleuca diosmifolia Crassula coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which…

…Labelled Camellia japonica species? Camellia japonica species Camellia japonica species Quercus agrifolia in flower. Quercus agrifolia Quercus agrifolia Quercus agrifolia Rhododendron cilpinense and Rhododendron bauhiniiflorum. Rhododendron cilpinense Erica canaliculata and…

…entry signage. New garden entry signage Erica canaliculata looking good. Erica canaliculata An efficient new system for bed labels in all the tunnels. new system for bed labels A very…

…tonkinense. Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense 2020 – CHW Erica arborea out in flower already but not every clump as yet. Erica arborea Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’)…

…been since Christmas. Moupinense, Sutchuenense, Barbatum, Arboreum hybrids, Erica darleyense are all very nice. 1918 – JCW The following Rhodo’ species are open or show colour – Longistylum – Moupinense…

…(handwritten note) Signed C.W. 1925 – JCW Some way behind the above. No sign of Argenteum, Keiskii, longistylum but the others show signs. Camellia speciosa very nice. Erica darleyense far…

…after three weeks in flower have gone over. Erica hybrida is very fine indeed and some of the Mucronulatum have been good. 1917 – JCW A hard frost holds and…

…the insides of the petals and not readily visible as the flowers hang here. Clematis cirrhosa var balerica Clematis cirrhosa var balerica A huge crop of Echium pininana seedlings have…

…Camelia ‘Pink Icicle’ Podocarpus x ‘Orangeade’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x sprengeri ‘Diva’ Second Prize Pieris japonica ‘Forrest Flame’, Erica arborea & Azara microphylla Camellia ‘Brigadoon’ First Prize While cutting for…

…Yen 51.66 1924 – JCW Cold NE wind for a fortnight about. Daffs move a bit, Rhodo’s cut, Erica hybrida is wonderful, a Camellia or two just open. Daphne mezereum…

…since Christmas but not cold, yet the ground was too cold to let them grow. Erica hybrida is very beautiful. 1906 – JCW C reticulata shows colour. Narcissi cernuus open…