9th December

…flowers alongside Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ by the front door. The ‘Lady Clare’ flower is high up on the bush. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ alongside Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Last couple of…

10th March

…but I was not with him myself. I had thought that I had photographed berries on this small tree in the past but a search of the Diary pictures proves…

6th March

…lutchuenense The party somewhat exhausted but still smoking hard at the Isla Rose Plantation. party somewhat exhausted party somewhat exhausted The tree ferns again blasted but unbowed. tree ferns 2017…

10th April

…gave his very all to try to save lives and protect the country. Such is the palpable hatred of the government within the BBC that Boris remains damned either way…

25th June

…fine a fortnight ago. Dainty pink and highly scented flowers turning white. The flowers stand proud from the foliage on long stalks. Certainly a rose that is sufficiently different to…

4th January

…Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ Camellia japonica ‘Adolphe Audusson Variegated’ First flower high up on Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’. Camellia japonica ‘Adelina Patti’…

30th March

highly likely. Amid the gloom a few flowers high up on our Michelia cavalerei which is the same plant as grows (rather better) at Burncoose. I had not made the…

31st March

…Pink’ Magnolia denudata ‘Dubbel’ It may be that you prefer white to pink and, if so, my view is that the white Magnolia denudata ‘Dubbel’ at Burncoose with its extra…

31st December

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Exceptionally mild still and the garden is rushing on. So springlike that it…

20th October

…growing away after many failures to get this properly established. Turning colour but will soon be even better and what I remember as the spectacle at High Beeches. Disanthus cercidifolius…