9th January

…cirrhosa has a few flowers, a very few Coum, bits of Rho’do as in 1917. R mucronulatum is the best and then R venustum. H mollis is really the best…

20th November

…x media ‘Winter Sun’ likewise. Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ Mahonia x media ‘Charity’ The last of the fine yellow leaves on hamamelis mollis in a tunnel. hamamelis mollis 2021 –…

5th January

…and there on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ with the, equally usual, partial leaf drop. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Even the Acanthus mollis has some frost damage. Acanthus mollis The Agapanthus leaves are…

4th February

…williamsii ‘Lady’s Maid’ The ancient Hamamelis mollis in Lower Quarry Nursery is slowly recovering after it was cleared around to give it more light. Hamamelis mollis Rhododendron lutescens full out…

31st December

…frost. No Camellia single flower touched except whites. Half the big double white brown. 1926 – JCW Hamamelis mollis at its best. Mucronulatum opening. A good few blood red hybrids….

18th March

…which is unusual. Cornus officinalis Acanthus mollis ‘Rue Ledan’ looks a dwarfer grower. Acanthus mollis ‘Rue Ledan’ Clematis macropetala ‘Wesselton’ is an attractive blue. Clematis macropetala ‘Wesselton’ Not quite out…

1st February

…JCW H mollis after three weeks in flower have gone over. Erica hybrida is very fine indeed and some of the Mucronulatum have been good. 1917 – JCW A hard…

13th August

…the greenhouse. Crassula arborescens Acanthus mollis and Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’. Acanthus mollis and Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ Kirengeshoma palmata nicely in flower. Kirengeshoma palmata The viaduct towers over Leslie’s…

22nd December

…Gordonea anomala, some roses, Erica hybrida and codenodes. White australis, Hamamelis mollis very good. Rhodo mucronulatum nice. 4 kinds of Caucasicum. 1901 – JCW A very few roses left. Coums…

27th January

…½ years old with 14 buds on it. Moupinense is good, H mollis wanes, it has been very good. 1932 – JCW Some Barbatum open, moupinense good, parvifolium long over….