22nd October

…also some Cornish Scarlet and a lot of Yellow Hammer – Sasanqua in full flower on wall. Mag delavayi and grandiflora both have flowers, also Nigra and Conpsicua. 1934 –…

23rd December

…sasanqua remains, some roses also. C coum ⅕ out. Erica hybrida ⅓ open. A piece or two of Erica codonodes. A bud or two of Rundles scarlet. A quite remarkable…

7th December

…JCW Coums starting, roses nice very, small scarlet border geranium as good as it ever is, a wonderful autumn.1907 – JCW Cam sasanqua very good, coums coming on, roses are…

18th May

…planted in 2021 but, today, its first rather spectacular white flowers at a young age. A hardy species apparently. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ has been staked upright for the fourth…

13th March

…Calophytum or Fargesii. Young ducks hatched on the pond. 1927 – JCW Much as in 1921 excepting for the absence of most of the flower bud. Lutescens and the scarlet

9th March

…x semperivens, dahuricum, lutescens, keiskii, a form of wardii, floccigerum forms and neriiflorum.1922 – JCW A hardish frost. Some Sutchuenense seedlings are nice. Prunus conradinae very good, scarlet hybrids very…

15th May

…Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ is a wonderful hawthorn! Better even than ‘Paul’s Scarlet’. Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ Ceanothus…

9th May

‘Scarlet’?) is a picture today. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Although Sassafras albidum suckers prolifically it has not done so much with us as the trunk is surrounded by camellias. Here is…

31st January

…Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ out in Higher Quarry Nursery bed but not yet elsewhere in the garden. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ 2021 – CHW Steve has spotted Scarlet