20th May

…and dry. 1981 – FJW Visitor laid an EGG in Maurices suite (George Blandfords bedroom). 1909 – JCW R roylei nice, C montana rubra good, bluebells nearly at the top,…

5th March

…very decent young Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’. Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘A.E. Bold’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ has performed well for many years M. x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ x M. ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia…

22nd March

…themselves up. Here are some from Carolyn Townsend which were planted around six to eight years ago; and Simon Trudgeon sends a picture of his, possibly, ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ growing in…

6th May

…Rookery Cherries next, R alpanicum is nice and the Oarbiculare are very good indeed. 1911 – JCW Bardon just open some, Clematis m rubra half open, ⅔ of the cushion…

24th May

…Calendulaceum is about opening. 1910 – JCW Just as in 1908. Viburnum just starting – C montana rubra gone. Maples over ripe. P pulverulenta very good, R gibsoni open. 1908…

5th May

…it. Clematis montana rubra is good. Tubergans Iris have 40 to 50 blooms. Maples are good, some roses open, a few very late daffs to open yet. 1900 – JCW…

1st April

…should be based on Kenneth Asburner’s book. The research has taken some time! I have renamed in accordance with the latest reclassification. The planting plan lists B. szechuanica ‘Rubra White’…

30th May

…– JCW Viburnum plicatum nearly at best, Auklandii’s over, Azaleas very good, Fortunei sweet scented good but passing. C montana rubra over, Dalhousi passing, Bardon over, sweet scented Soulangeana hybrids…

25th March

…yard. It is a bit like ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ but rather larger. ‘C M Hovey’ looks close but that is a much more recently bred hybrid. Well worth Asia propagating anyway….

27th March

…as part of a large batch. Sadly, no individual names were recorded.The first has been called (by Philip Tregunna) Camellia ‘Mathotiana’ (syn. Mathotiana Rubra). It is a late season flowerer…