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

…and tour today. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi out together by the main quarry. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Then to Tregrehan and the sight of…

10th March

…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 – JCW…

16th April

…on most of the Cam japonicas. Rho lutescens is over. Mag sargentiana cut by the wind. 1927 – JCW Rho ciliicalyx is at its best, it has never been really…

14th November

…Rhododendron lutescens is out but only at the very top of the plant and just a little second flowering I believe. Rhododendron lutescens The forecasters say a hurricane is coming…

10th February

…Barbatum a few, some Lutescens, Flavidum none, Sutchuenensis a few, hybrids of Sut’ se several, a few blood red Arboreums, E darleyensis is the best thing. 1916 – JCW 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…

11th February

…look all bad. 1914 – JCW Some Caerhays daffs in the orchard. R lutescens is very nice, R mucronulatum going over. Several kinds of Rhodo’ open in the Beech Walk….

8th April

…things like the Augustinii’s. 1914 – JCW Daffs are near their best. Clematis alpina is lovely. Mrs Butler x at its best. R fargesii at its very best. R lutescens