30th December

…to get it’. (Bob’s entry in his diary of his finding the white Erica australis). 1911 – JCW Clematis cirrhosa is good, some fair Camellia sasanqua left, ordinary camellias showing…

8th August

…Williams at Lanarth produced some erica hybrids which are still sold today and introduced the Spanish Erica canaliculata to Cornwall. Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’ 1917…

25th November

…on Beech Walk oaks. A very dry autumn. 1916 – JCW Erica hybrida and Erica codonodes are opening. C sasanqua is fair. Have picked a good deal of rhodo and…

7th January

…sasangua over, Coums are late, mucronulatum good, lutescens fair, Erica hybrida fair. 1924 – JCW Rather behind 1922, Coums are starting but most things are a fortnight later. 1922 –…

20th July

…‘Skyfall’ The South African Erica cerinthoides is a new website entry shortly. Erica cerinthoides Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ in flower. Euonymus grandiflora ‘Ruby Wine’ The new defibrillator has now become…

28th August

…old Erica arborea above the 5 magnolias but the regrowth is coming from emerging seedlings and not the old wood. Care with grass cutting here. Erica arborea The two large…

15th August

…burnt off by the sun – the other half of the plant already dead. Magnolia sieboldii 2021 – CHW Bell heather (Erica cinerea) on Wolsingham Moor which was already nearly…

10th November

…ago. Erica hybrida began to open a week ago. I saw a late Magnolia delavayi flower. 1918 – JCW The Armistice was signed on this day (official date was 11th)….

31st December

…Camellia sasanqua never half as good before. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis. Cotoneaster salicifolia and frigida good fruiting. Erica darleyense V.G and a few Primula Forrestii just show flowers. Caucasicums…

22nd March

…red or white, few buds and most of them frosted. 1921 – JCW The Auklandii x White Arboreum are good. The red Auklandii wanes. The heath Erica darleyense fades. Rho…