…Berberidopsis corallina trained on a back wall of the house. Berberidopsis corallina Phlox and early flowering dahlias. Phlox and early flowering dahlias Phlox and early flowering dahlias White Wisteria still…

…‘Pink Sensation’ is good but I need to look up its origin and parentage. Not in the Eisenhut book. Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Pink Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Hot Lips’ out early….

…The Tin Garden Magnolia campbellii is now out and not too bad now despite everything. Magnolia campbellii Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ Buds nearly ready to burst…

…nearly out in flower. Oemleria cerasiformis Likewise Rhododendron ‘Ostara’. Rhododendron ‘Ostara’ First two flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ I suspect this is not nearly pink…

…of the recent cold weather with droopy leaves. It will soon pick up. Kalmia angustifolia ‘Rubra’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ in flower rather unexpectedly early. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ As usual Pseudocydonia…

…our plants were out! Theirs were in Staffordshire so Cornwall is not early in the world of Amelanchier. Absurdly a bud showing already on Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia sieboldii Rehderodendron kwangtungense….

…calycinca – the limestone mint bush – with its first flowers here. Not sure where this came from but clearly a greenhouse plant. Prostanthera calycinca Hemiptelea davidii with viscous spines…

…identical cross. Last year these two smallish trees were very similar but not this year. Susannah has clearly been blown open early. The flowers are small and have a strange…

…many thrumpets in KG, R praecox and barbatum half open, some arboreums, crocus at their best, snowdrops also. 1897 – JCW Some tulips nearly out (Ban, Thol), Barbatum nearly over….

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW In this early year the garden is close to being over. The…