…saw it once at night by Burrough Close but assumed it was an escaped ferret. The azaleas below Green Gate. azaleas Azaleas and late flowering rhodos in the Rookery. in…

…meeting at our revamped £1m pub, ‘The Fox’, in Chipping Norton. Lizzie’s mum, Alice, aged nearly 92 is coming with Elke, her nurse, who also looked after my mother.Last night…

…garden and at Burncoose. Rhododendron morii x Rhododendron euchates Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ plastered in flower as usual. We saw the first flowers showing a fortnight ago. Rhododendron ‘Countess of…

…glass and then to the Burncoose stand for more smiles and snaps. The public crowd in and I am glad not to have had a hangover after the gala night…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW The one night of frost a week or so ago has cut back…

…blank about too so do not tell them the answer but offer seedlings as a prize for whoever works it out over dinner that night with the pocket rhododendron guide…

…‘Winton’ 2000 – FJW First frost last night. 1997 – FJW Snow. Stormy night. 1979 – FJW David returned as a school monitor!! 1975 – FJW C.H.W awarded Langdon scholarship…

…Alan Clarke. Earlier than last year I think. Rhododendron suoilenhense Rhododendron suoilenhense Rhododendron suoilenhense Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polkadot’ as also exhibited last night by Exbury. Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polkadot’ Rhododendron irroratum ‘Polkadot’…

…of the Rookery. Needs more thought but not a huge job to achieve. 1992 – FJW First proper frost last night – a good year for Ilex seed. 1987 –…

…night or the night before. Not perhaps odd that we did not hear it in the gales and thunder. beech tree beech tree The London plane (Platanus x acerifolia) next…