…well. The roses were shattered and the herbaceous borders nearly over but the new growth on everything was impressive even without the colour. A year ago the garden was full…

…1913 – JCW Cassia good and so solanum, lapagerias and C sasanquas. Roses fair, hydrangeas fair – no frost yet. We are now planting the big plants from Coombe Wood…

…a large lot of roses out, nearly all Azaleas open. Bluebells going over, primroses gone, a few waterlilies at Beech Walk, none in the Big Pond. Gibsonii Rhodo going over….

…indeed, a good few lapagerias. Cyclamen are over, roses a few. Rain seems to be coming to us slowly. No proper gales yet. 1918 – JCW The sasanquas show a…

…1913 – JCW R lindleyi open. No roses in the beds out or nearly out – montana rubra all over – white Broughtonii in Auklandii Garden very good and so…

…The hydrangeas are very nice. There are some fair roses, one heath is open but there is not much in flower otherwise. 1910 – JCW Cyclamen and hydrangea are going…

…tassels in the nursery. Our mature plant at Caerhays has none this year as we saw a few days ago. Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ Our freshly potted roses are surging…

…N Roses’ has a pleasant flower with a pink picotee edge. Helleborus ‘Ice N Roses’ Saxifraga ‘Early Carnival’ starts red and fades to white with a pink stripe. Saxifraga ‘Early…

…below the castle. new spaces new spaces Topiary and shrouded statues. Topiary and shrouded statues David Austin has supplied new roses to go into the rose garden. new roses Here…

…foliage nearly dead. 1901 – JCW Some (two or three) nice roses, Maples began to look well. 1900 – JCW Picked the first Lortetti, and one or two good roses….

…Rhodda’s Cornish Cream. Rhodda’s Cornish Cream The pulpit crammed with roses. pulpit crammed with roses Cornish slate – Delabole. Cornish slate – Delabole Cornish granite – Lantoom. Cornish granite –…

…JCW Returned from a month in Scotland. Roses going over but yet good, The Rambler. L giganteum. Brunonis roses are yet good. All daff seed, even Recurvas, has been picked….

…ago. 1913 – JCW Buddleias, Mitrarias, Roses etc only fair for want of rain. One Auriculatum has started. Wilson’s big Fortuneis not all started. A few cyclamen, no lapagerias. The…

…auriculatums have started well. 1903 – JCW Several cyclamen, a lapageria or two. Roses and sweet peas nice. Bulbs and seeds all finished. 1901 – JCW Just two cyclamen and…

…to find Lapageria out. 1957 – FJW Charles Henry born. 1919 – JCW Rhodo’s as above with Haematodes also. Roses fair, cyclamen nice, lapagerias moderate. R websterianum very pretty. 1917…

…are good. 1912 – JCW Just as above but Primula malacoeides replaces Iris alata. 1908 – JCW Lapagerias fair. C sasanqua fair. Roses nice. No frost yet. Cyclamen over. Solanum…

…far, unscarred by drought. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ 2021 – CHW My favourite edge of the moor’s garden noted for its roses which were sadly nearly overA second flush of flower…

…sasanqua is very nice on the small stable tower. Erica hybrida is in flower. 1919 – JCW A good few roses. Hydrangeas good. Autumn colours remain, the weather is slowly…

…wind for really good colour. 1906 – JCW Cycylmen leaves now begun to be good, roses yet nice, lapageria good, Camellia sasanqua very good, solanum very nice, cassia good yet….

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW A good clump of primroses on the bank outside the front door. Earlier…