11th July

…Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Geranium ‘Orkney Cherry’ Iris hookeri with very pronounced and rounded seed heads. Iris hookeri Alstroemeria psittacina with flowers that are an odd mix of red and green….

9th November

…been nice. Lapagerias good. The first Iris stylosa a week ago. The worst year for medium and early rhodo’s, as bad I ever saw. Later sorts are good. 1912 –…

30th December

…about. Iris stylosa coming out well and Iris alata. R nobleanum open well, a flower or two of Rho yunnanense. Snowdrops 2 or 3 just show colour. Many daffs up…

28th December

…presently. 1900 – JCW C picked a snowdrop open. 1899 – JCW Crocus imperati not open yet shows colour. Iris stylosa (two kinds) and Iris bakeriana open. Several roses yet….

30th May

…lost this species before. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Outstanding in the nursery today were: Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa…

12th February

…Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’ Iris unguicularis cheers up a drab day in February. Iris unguicularis Viburnum taitoense surprisingly in full flower in a tunnel. Viburnum taitoense Magnolia ‘Cameo’ full out in…

4th October

…belladonna (white form) nearly over with Nerine bowdenii nearly out just behind it in front of the Dining Room window. Amaryllis belladonna The wild Iris foetidissima that has naturalised in…

2nd May

…Montana ⅓ open and so Auklandii’s. 1909 – JCW No recurvas yet, a little of Campylocarpum. Auklandii not quite, ⅓ cushion Iris, frost at night, nearly finished crossing. 1906 –…

23rd May

…‘Intense’ Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ (stenophyllum ‘Linearifolium’ refined a bit) Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ came second. Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ Iris sibirica…

2nd June

…⅓ cushion Iris, frost at night, nearly finished crossing. 1906 – JCW All recurvas open and late recurvas seedling. Rhodo yunnanense, campylocarpum, thomsonii, falconeri, auklandii, royali, augustinii, dalhousii (nearly) etc,…