4th September

…of seeds just below Tin Garden. Worth Asia trying these as we might conceivably get a new hybrid from them. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’…

8th July

…is tucked away in a very sheltered spot at the top of the garden. Quite a coup in gardening terms. Magnolia tamaulipana Another Eucryphia x lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with even…

3rd April

…Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’ Half a Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ has died and Karol films a topical tip of the dead bits being sawn off at the base. Eucryphia

2nd September

…a fallen beech tree stump. huge wasps nest The ground is covered with fallen white petals under an Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’. fallen white petals There was a hornets nest…

10th May

…one way or the other. Osteomeles subrotunda Osteomeles subrotunda Eucryphia ‘Nyman’s Silver’ is recovering well after nearly dying in the drought last summer. Eucryphia ‘Nyman’s Silver’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’…

31st May

…with Acer palmatum. Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’ Aconitum ‘Stainless Steel’ which I expected to see much of at Chelsea as it is new but did not. Aconitum ‘Stainless Steel’ Eucryphia x…

26th June

…more frost damage. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with plenty of flower high up. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ virtually leafless but having its last…

20th April

…on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’. Much the same as ‘Miss Honeybee’ as it seems to me. Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia…

15th July

…Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ will be out in a week or so. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ I never cease to be surprised at how many odd…

7th July

…germination. Here a nice tray full of Taxodium distichum ‘Ascendens’. Taxodium distichum ‘Ascendens’ Tail end flowers on Eucryphia glutinosa. Eucryphia glutinosa Well formed fruits on Passiflora ‘Snow Queen’. Passiflora ‘Snow…

31st July

…Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Eucommia ulmoides growing away well beside it. Eucommia ulmoides The first Eucryphia nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ blown open a week to 10 days earlier than normal….

21st August

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ has odd flowers all year round but this is…

28th August

…Care with grass cutting here. Erica arborea The two large Eucryphia cordifolia beyond the Playhouse are nearly over for another year. The one beside the Aucklandii Garden already over earlier…

31st August

…Schefflera delavayi. Much earlier than last year. Schefflera delavayi Eucryphia cordifolia nearly over again for this year. Eucryphia cordifolia Another (third) set of flowers on the playhouse wisteria. wisteria 2020…

16th July

…grandiflora ‘Russet’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Russet’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Overton’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Overton’ Still a tail end Wisteria flower in mid-July? tail end Wisteria flower Eucryphia cordifolia is difficult from cuttings. However,…

11th September

…and 2 Sundays worked. 1927 – JCW Came from Scotland for one day. The cyclamen are wonderful. Hoheria with a narrow leaf is nice. Roses good. Eucryphia cordifolia good but…

12th December

…1932 – JCW Erica hybrida is opening, some Magnolia delavayi bud show white and Eucryphia pinnatifolia has been put out for autumn colour only. 1923 – JCW Cotoneaster salicifolia is…

8th December

…1960 – FJW Flower on Praevernum. 1932 – JCW The best autumn colour I have ever seen here. The hybrid cherries near Barbatums are the best bits, the Eucryphia pinnatifolia…

13th August

…Auriculatum not out and also many of its hybrids. Eucryphia pinnatifolia at its best 2 days ago. Nymansii good. Pinnatifolia not yet all out. All magnolias, rhododendrons, and camellias grown…

25th September

…September. Now turned to storms. No Sasanqua yet to be seen. Neighbours corn not cut yet. 50 years ago we would have left the harvest. 1940 – CW Eucryphia mooreii…