…Tin Garden. Rho mucronulatum very good. Arboreum and Blood red opening well. Many sutchuenense x Arboreums out, also ririei. Hergest Reticulata at its best – several Reticulata species good. Crocus,…

…over. Nearly 100 Lapageria. Hamamelis and Rho mucronulatum very good, moupinense showing colour, several Sutchuenense hybrids coming out and an odd Blood Red. Very mild and a lot of things…

…JCW (Sunday afternoon) I was in the Beech Walk, a wonderful afternoon, the blood red scarlets were lovely and 3 big plants of Prunus conradinae in full flower, a remarkable…

…good. Camellia sasanqua quite fine. Many daff seedlings of all ages show up in the pans etc, most of them have cyclamineus, maximus, polyanthus or clusii blood in the cross….

…‘Red Admiral’ Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ And on a blood red form of Rhododendron arboreum. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron arboreum 2024 – CHW Literally hundreds of magnolias are now out and coming…

…is open. Daffs seem to have passed 1924. 1925 – JCW Just as in 1924 only the double sloe has less flower. Blood red Auklandii very fair and the whites…

…colour. The last daffs opening. Maples good. 1909 – JCW Cherries one third open, some good Fortunei. Blood Reds opening. Rhodo campylophytum hardly open, one pink fortunei x Auklandii. Some…

…Altaclarence about, Iris lorteti quite, C montana, Clianthus, Habrothumnus all at their best. Rhodo’ fortunei a few flowers open, Suavio going over and so the blood red Arboreum. No waterlilies…

…after Chelsea. Swollen ankles also, as usual, too but no Cornish Club dinner hangover as I thought this a ‘bridge too far’ after six days at the bloody show. Only…

…was RHS President. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ The dogs bring me a still warm dead squirrel with blood on the back of…

…white Nar King Arthur blood are up. Belladonnas not properly open. 1901 – JCW Two seedlings through pans 308 and one through 311. Some Sternbergias are out. 1897 – JCW…

…it is very nice and white. 1906 – JCW C sasanqua good, lapagerias good, several daff with jonquil blood are up and a few others. Useful lot of roses now….

…JCW A useful lot of daffs are on the move, of all sizes and ages, but the King Alfred blood is most prominent. C sasanqua is good. A few coums…

…blood red arboreum line of stuff, hybrids or pure, but flowers of R micranthum, keysii, lutescens, yunnanense, chrysanthum and barbatum show, whilst R mucronulatum remains very good. 1903 – JCW…

…in their roots. 1928 – JCW Good lapagerias, fair Cam sasanquas. Blood red Arboreum x give us a bloom. The early blue stylosa is nice. Cotoneaster salicifolia is good. A…

…hardly any but Maximus blood moving.1902 – JCW C imperati nearly open. Galanthus nearly. About 100 lapageria on the pillar plant. Some Erica nearly open. Several roses going yet and…

…H mollis and Rh mucronulatum are both of them very beautiful and not much else. The first Rh moupinense is open and so the first Blood Red Thompsonii. 1918 –…

…Nobleanums have been very nice. Narcissus cyclamineus is open and the Cyclamen coum are fair. One good blood red hybrid is open near Engine House. 1917 – JCW Hamamelis mollis…

…Arboreum are starting. The Engine House Camellia 1 flower out. 1915 – JCW Coum is fair, some nice blood red Arboreums on the Beech Walk side, R mucronulatum is nice,…

…⅓. Flowers are open on the following species of Rhodoⁿ chrysanthum, keysii, yunnanense, lutescens, blood red Arboreum, mucronulatum (vg), Fargesii, 2 or 3 Camellias. 1902 – JCW Coums at their…