…in their midst. gulls gulls However a solitary Canada goose keeps its distance. Canada goose Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ and Tropaeolum ciliatum still in full growth. Camellia x williamsii…

…Sutchuenense – Ciliatum – Thompsonii hybrids – Ririei and Nobleanum all oopening. Italian cherry and Wilson’s in bloom, also R hookeri. 1911 – JCW Wilsons first batch of Conifer seed…

…few daffs open, quite ½ the ciliatum, Moupinense over, pink Arboreums show colour, best red hybrids wane, also Barbatum, R flavidum is very nice, Rendles scarlets moving, Argenteum ½ out,…

…in flower Lutescens, Sutchuenense, Flavidum, Intricatum, Oleifolium, Barbatum, Arboreum (pink), Longistylum, Moupinense, Ciliatum and Argenteum. 1904 – JCW Picked five seedling trumpets half open, one of them a Cyc X….

…ciliatum. Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ Magnolia stellata ‘Rosea’ (‘Jane Platt’) at various stages of bud and flower. The pink quickly fades but is left in stripes on the tepals. Magnolia…

…have begun to wane, though Poets are to come. Cherries 113 are open. 1911 – JCW A fair lot of colour open in Tin Garden, no real poets. R ciliatum…

…(stellata) open, all Caerhays, Irving, Tenby etc since long, Rho argenteum and ciliatum are both good. R praecox has opened heaths very nice. Prunus triloba good, one Cam reticulata. 1903…

…well ahead of 1914. 1914 – JCW I found the first bit of Blackthorn in the Battery Walk. Half (bare) the Princep Mary open, some Mag halleana, Rho ciliatum, Rho…

…time. Other rhododendrons which we might have expected to be early such as Rh ciliatum and cilpinense are still in tight bud.   Much is made of the harbingers of…

…really rather than a herbaceous plant and very happy up against a turret. Cytisus Porlock – what a show Tropaedum ciliatum, also in full growth after a no frost winter….