2nd November

…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 little flower. Lapagerias are…

1st January

…– JCW No Aconite, coums fair, Ericas just coming, Rh nobleanum moderate, frost a little but a lot of snow. 1906 – JCW Several aconite, snowdrops open, Cyclamen coums good…

15th March

…admiring the alpine glasshouse at Rosemoor.Cyclamen repandum Cyclamen repandum Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ipheion ‘Rolf Fiedler’ Ozothamnus coralloides Ozothamnus coralloides Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte Bishop’ Ipheion uniflorum ‘Charlotte…

4th October

…on wall trying hard. 1900 – JCW Came down for the election, cyclamen fair. The supposed C Dickens x has several up in its pan amongst seedling daffs. Roses quite…

10th October

…delavayi and both forms of Grandiflora. Cyclamen good. 1943 – CW Daffodils up and quite a lot of pink Sasanqua Camellia now out. 1936 – JCW Returned from Scotland. They…

25th December

…The first spring Cyclamen coum flower on the bank amid an array of leaves. A new self-sown clump here. Cyclamen coum Several flowers on several of the Magnolia grandifloras. Not…

11th October

…plants at the top of the garden which I photographed ages ago. Eucryphia lucida Eucryphia lucida 1930 – JCW Lapagerias and cyclamen are good. Neriiflorums quite nice. Several new rhodo’s…

18th October

Cyclamen good. 1947 – CW Eat the last peaches. Still much too dry. 1941 – CW Six Magnolias out. Both forms of Grandiflora, Nigra, Conspicua, Salicifolia and many Delavayi. Rho…

19th October

…came to an end. 1931 – JCW Poor lot of rhodo’n flower bud. Fuchsia, lapagerias, hydrangea are all our flowers except cyclamen. 1925 – JCW Clematis cirrhosa a few flowers….

4th November

…most of the plants, a fine autumn for colour. 1912 – JCW Very few daffs moving. Primula malacoides is nice. Camellia sasanqua a few on the big plant. Cyclamen leaves…