…opening. 1917 – JCW Some C Coums open, Hamamelis mollis very good, bits of R Lutescens, dahuricum mucronulatum, Thomsonii, nobleanum, Venustum and Racemosum section, Thomsonii x Arboreum are starting. The…

…of the same. Strigillosum – Hookeri – Racemosum – Ririei – Barbatum – Irroratum – Lutescens – Scabrifolium – Argenteum – Thomsonii – Nobleanum hybrids. E darleyensis fine and so…

…– JCW Bits of the following rhodo show flowers – Decorum, Trichocladum, Radicans, Lutescens, Keysii, Intricatum, Burmanicum, Racemosum, Saluenensis, Parviflorum, Sanguineum. Lapagerias and Camellia sasanqua are nice. 1928 – JCW…

…and early reds are far advanced, several camellias open, Rho racemosum on the wane and so is fargesii, primulinum, oreodoxa, sutchuenense. Calophytum is well out and the heaths with the…

…Magnolia ‘Columbus’ (parentage unknown and needs looking up) Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Magnolia ‘Columbus’ A very red Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Camellia ‘Konron-Koku’ Rhododendron ‘Rose Elf’ (racemosum x pemakoense) was…

…the drive, all the trumpets and incomps are at their best. Prunus pendula just opening. R racemosum in the drive very good but not all out. 1911 – JCW M…

…but was wrong. This looks a bit like Rhododendron racemosum in flower and leaf. An Alan Clark collection I assume. Plants purchased when he moved from his nursery which came…

…corn out now, Clematis panniculata is very good indeed. 1916 – JCW No frost. Solanum, lapagerias, cyclamen, hydrangeas all useful. Rhodo’s neriiflorum, decorum, scintillans, 10333, fastigiatum, raniosisimums, lepidotum and racemosum…

…Sulfureum*, Irroratum*, White Pulfureum, Lutescens*, Intricatum*, Baileyi, Hippopaeoides*, Quinquefolium*, Hemidartum*, Stewartianum*, Sutchuenense*, Keiskii*, Obtusum*, Delavayi*, Racemosum, Honewellianum, Glischrum, Barbatum*, Pink Arboreum, White Arboreum, Albrechtii, Fargesii*, Neriiflorum, Anthospaerum, Meddianum, Floccigerum, Cyanocarpum….

…never seen like this before on either of our plants. Hilliers says that this is the Chinese form of Distylium racemosum which I have seen in flower in the nursery…