14th March

…‘Caerhays Belle’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ and Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ A sterile two year old female cone on Araucaria bidwillii which had fallen off…

12th March

…Acres good and below Engine House. Denudata nearly at its best. Rho lutescens covered as it used to at Greenway. Reds, pink hybrids, Arboreum and single Camellias all at best….

11th March

…colour. Leaves now appearing. How has it lasted so well through such filthy weather? Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ The old cones on Araucaria angustifolia are now starting to disintegrate. Araucaria angustifolia…

10th March

…A fuschia or two just moving a little, the best thing has been R lutescens. 1928 – JCW Much as in 1918. I picked a half open sinogrande. 1919 –…

16th April

…its flower buds. Camellia speciosa wanes, a bad year for flowers on most of the Cam japonicas. Rho lutescens is over. Mag sargentiana cut by the wind. 1927 – JCW…

12th April

…Quarry Nursery. Rhododendron fulvum Rhododendron ‘Jim Russell’ (cilicalyx hybrid). Rhododendron ‘Jim Russell’ Rhododendron lutescens at its very best on Quarry Path. Rhododendron lutescens 2020 – CHW I have been wondering…

14th May

…Sorbus alnifolia nicely covered in flower. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica just coming out. A real show to come. Sorbus japonica x Sorbopyrus auricularis (Pyrus communis x Sorbus aria) flowering here…

11th February

…‘Opal’ – nice flower but poor foliage as yet. Pulmonaria ‘Opal’ Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ – a startling blue for February. Pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ The telehandler unloads a lorry – a…

7th January

…sasangua over, Coums are late, mucronulatum good, lutescens fair, Erica hybrida fair. 1924 – JCW Rather behind 1922, Coums are starting but most things are a fortnight later. 1922 –…

21st November

…blooms on Lutescens and the two Decorums have flowers. 1916 – JCW An Rho thomsonii shows flower, some R fastigiatum and that is about all. C sasanquas are nice. 1914…