…too soon! primroses Rhododendron ‘Mrs J.C. Williams’ now full out. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J.C. Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Ciliicalyx’ making a good show. Rhododendron ‘Ciliicalyx’ Gorgeous new leaves on a young seedling Acer…

…x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’ Surprisingly Camellia japonica ‘Mrs D. W. Davis’ is well out high up much earlier than usual. Camellia japonica ‘Mrs D. W….

…williamsii ‘Donation’ Camellia ‘Kick Off’ (?) just out. Need to check. Camellia ‘Kick Off’ A decent large flower now out on Camellia ‘Mrs D W Davis’. Just the start. Camellia…

…now properly out. Note the different colour on the tight buds. Rhododendron ririei Rhododendron ririei First flower half out only on Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’. Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C…

…Pebble’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Pebble’ 2021 – CHW Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’. Needs layering or propagating as we used to have a huge clump, and this is all that is…

…Blood Red and hybrid, Lutescens, Barbatum and one or two Mrs Butler hybrids. Perhaps 20 different daffodils. 1933 – JCW Camellia speciosa at Gun Room door has about 300 flowers…

…picked a good deal of rhodo and azalea seed but some is not ripe yet such as Mrs J.C. Williams and Azalea viscosum, just the worst weeks for rhodo flowers….

…NOT flicking the pages of Country Life in bed with Mrs W for a ‘longish’ morning! ‘Fight to win’ perhaps but I just wish for a week with no staff…

…unmoved. Erica arborea in flower.1900 – JCW Many Stylosa alba open. 80 lapageria on one plant. Coum one third open. Erica arborea in flower. Picked a good Mrs W.J Grant….

…showing yellow. 1933 – JCW Things looking well, Forrests Camellias are very good, Rho’s much as in 1930. 1930 – JCW Mrs D H Philson and Barbatum very good, Lutescens…

…to the beach for spring sexual encounters. Hence I am not in the shit with Mrs W. 2017 – CHW The huge Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ beyond the greenhouse is out…

…seedling. Queen of Spain open, double peaches in the drive, and the scarlet crabs. 1897 – JCW F Wilson out, Mrs Vincent, half the de Graafs. Scarlet tulips and Reticulata…

…(Retic seedlings) 6. Crassum and Bo Peep nearly blown out of ground. 7. Slip Rail Insignis + Oak (this happened in March) knocked down Mrs Butler and shaved white Campbellii….

…Mrs Butlers and Blood Reds good, some Crossbill well out. Golden Oriole coming out and a lot of others. Auklandii x Blood Red showing colour. We have been marketing Pieris…

…hybrids have passed their best. Mrs Butler x coming on and a few Auk x Blood Red. Erica darleyense remains fine and so the other heaths, Argenteums have been splendid.1907…

…barbatum going over, also some Thomsonii x Arboreum hybrids. Mrs Butler x Arboreums are very good. Daffs have been much knocked about, show is in four days time. Many Reticulatas…

…Mrs Butler (griffithianum x arboreum hybrids) weyrichii lindleyi nuttallii grande hanseanum arizelum niveum kuisianum sanguineam pseudochrysanthum suoilenhense crassum macabeanum sinogrande megacalyx neriiflorum yunnanense decorum (pink and white)We didn’t get to…

…de Graaf and many poets open, an odd cherry flower open, Thomsonii x has waned, Mrs Butlers have begun to wane, R fargesii shows colour, several reticulata blooms open but…

…hybrids are very good. Mrs Butler x coming along, double C reticulata all open. A good few daff seedlings open. 1908 – JCW P M most of them have had…

…last night hit the Thomsoni hybrids hard, Mrs Butler hybrids just coming on. Princep Mary not open, not much colour yet. 1911 – JCW We are far from Princep Mary…