23rd November

…indeed. Sasanquas are nice. The first white Daphne mezereum has been showing colour for some days. Two of the Maddeni hybrids on the hall mantlepiece have remained good there for…

28th February

…on it this year on the bank opposite the Georgian Hall. Only the third time it has flowered since planting in 1955 but the soil is poor and its positioning…

18th January

…onto the lawn which Jaimie and Michael have just installed. This will allow guests to move from the main hall onto the lawn and for Lizzie to enjoy sitting in…

27th December

…Mucronulatum is poor and is late. Erica darleyense late though I saw a flower in October. Berberis polyantha is the best thing. Rho venustum in vases in the hall. 1923…

26th January

…Nursery bed. A better colour than the seedling Lanarth above Crinodendron Hedge but identical to the one on the bank outside the Georgian Hall whose buds still look tight which…

28th January

…and contrary to what I had seen in the autumn the Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ by the Georgian Hall has no buds at all for this year. I fear some have dropped…

4th April

…few Jonquil ???, many P M de G, also out Siren, Torch, Incognita, Homespun, 336, M P, Cardinal, Moonbeam etc etc, go to the Drill Hall. 1902 – JCW All…

9th December

…FJW November Pink well and truly loaded. 1951 – CW Everything late. Cam oleifera good – November Pink has about 20 flowers and 2 vases in hall. Cam sasanqua almost…

24th June

…‘El Desperado’. Hemerocallis ‘El Desperado’ Possibly Hemerocallis ‘Catherine Woodbury’. Hemerocallis ‘Catherine Woodbury’ Tropaeolum ciliatum full out by the Georgian Hall. Tropaeolum ciliatum 2022 – CHW Grass cutting starts in Penvergate…

29th April

…car after the Garden Society Dinner in London and a Brightwater Holidays garden tour for 42. Then opera in the hall! Holboellia latifolia ssp. chartacea grows from a single stem…