…– FJW Last corn cut and brought in – very wet from mid August – weeds very bad. 1971 – FJW David shot his first blackbird before my very eyes….

…bark maple As mature snake bark maples go this is one of the very best. This is Acer davidii ‘Karmen’ planted in 2007. One below 4-in-Hand and one below the…

…ongoing rejuvenation. Two rows of camellias 1991 – FJW Frogs cavorting and spawning in Philips pond. MILD – snowdrops open.1977 – FJW Aunt Mary died.1968 – FJW David picked first…

…Eucryphia lucida Eucryphia lucida Podocarpus ‘Blue Gem’ came as a gift from David Lees of Lees & Co where he had grown it for many years in his seaside garden…

…no sign of Magnolias.1994 – FJW Four flowers on – Mollicomata/ Robusta hybrid near back yard.1967 – FJW Very early and impossibly mild. David picked two daffs. Saw a member…

…above the greenhouse. There is a larger and more impressive plant in 40 Acres. Perhaps a better shape than Magnolia ‘David Clulow’. The next plant to it is labelled Magnolia…

…on Rhododendron niveum – what a colour! Rhododendron niveum First flowers on Rhododendron davidsonianum that I have seen. Here a pale form. Rhododendron davidsonianum Symplocos dryophila full out. Symplocos dryophila…

…books agree. I need David Chamberlain or someone with this level of knowledge to adjudicate on several of our plants which have flowered recently. The Pocket-Guide to Rhododendron species refers…

…Not a plant I ever remember growing here but David Knuckey planted a good one behind the house at Burncoose. It lived a short life of only 30 or 50…

…hear David Knuckey was one of the judges! Stand looked good with many of the Chelsea plants and Stewartia rostrata (wrongly named!). Justin is in his usual selling mode with…