…primrose out on the bank opposite the front door. I saw it a week ago first. No others yet showing. first primrose 2015 – CHW Christmas Eve – still in…

…eaten by a pheasant or a mouse? Ten days early perhaps. snowdrop flower A primrose similarly devoured by something. primrose Wild daffodils almost with flower buds showing. Only a few…

…this one is going to make a good show in the Kitchen Garden too. Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ – not so different…

…Garden still has colourful fruits on the following varieties:- Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Admiration’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red…

…Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Tor Scarlet’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus ‘Golden Gem’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’ Malus coronaria ‘Elk River’…

…Rhododendron fansipanensis Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron montroseanum Rhododendron retusum Rhododendron retusum Rhododendron ‘Snowy River’ (Rhododendron ririei x Rhododendron niveum) Rhododendron ‘Snowy River’ Rhododendron ‘Trebah Gem’ Rhododendron ‘Trebah Gem’ Rhododendron baihuaense JN…

…with the natives but no yellow doubles found yet. primulas and primroses primulas and primroses primulas and primroses Three newly planted Thuja koraiensis as a windbreak in the Rookery. Thuja…

…garden. Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lancasteri Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ is not so ‘little’ now below the wall but its leaves and flowers are in comparison to pure grandiflora….

…JCW A good few daffs above ground in the pans and in the open. Cam sasanqua hangs on. Several coums open. An odd wild primrose, a good lot of lapagerias….

…lot of daffs of all ages have moved up. 1906 – JCW Several coums open, a good few daffs up. 1897 – JCW Jack [Williams] picked the first wild primrose….