9th November

…rare Viburnum parvifolium. Viburnum parvifolium After all the rain suddenly Golden Scalycap – Pholiota aurivella all over a beech stump that was felled 4 years ago. Pholiota aurivella 2022 –…

14th December

…plants at Burncoose today.Taxus baccata ‘Repens Aurea’ is a new golden yew. A new introduction for next year’s catalogue and website I guess. Taxus baccata ‘Repens Aurea’ Taxus baccata ‘Repens…

29th December

…1947 – CW Mucronulatum and Nobleanum out also 3 or 4 of the Sutchuenense hybrids, bits of Yellow Hammer and Golden Oriole and Moupinense. Hamamelis only beginning. Camellia Double white…

16th January 1897- 2020

…1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of Maximus shows colour and one or two…

21st January 1897- 2020

…Cyclamineus open. 1899 – JCW One third of the snowdrops open, several wild primroses, Seedling Maximus open, Golden Bell well through the ground,many crocus open; nearly all Engelhard’s poeticus through;…

22nd January 1897- 2020

…x and also Sutchuenense, Cross Bill x Golden Oriole. Machrostenem – 8 Reticulata seedlings and Mary W. 1929 – JCW H mollis quite wonderful. Parvifolium is good and nothing else…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…Smiled on entering. Four magnolias in flower and in sight as she did so. 1963 – FJW Mild weather – moupinense, Golden Oriole have come through well. 1958 – FJW…

14th February 1897 – 2020

…not all, nearly all the Maximus, Madam Plemp just through the ground, many of Engelhart’s things have failed to show yet. 1897 – JCW One Golden Spur open, Cyclamineus out,…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…JCW Nothing of the above except an odd white crocus. 1897 – JCW Prunus pissardi opens, N maximus, Golden Spur, Cernuus, several trumpets at Tregony, white crocus here, nanus seedlings….

19th February 1897 – 2020

…– Sutch x Arboreum – Golden Oriole – R Admiral – well and truly open. Trewidden grafted Grande looking superb. Flower buds on Macabeanum. Mary Williams full out but C…

26th February 1897 – 2020

…speedily.1961 – FJW Donkey Shoe Robusta is ½ out. Some flowers collected for R.H.S. Giganteum, Hookerii, Grande, Mary J, Rosemary W, J Pickthorn, J.C.W.. Mag campbelli and robusta, and Golden

19th March 1897 – 2020

…Thols and Graf tulips show colour. Golden Bell and Sirius out, half Emperor and Emprep only just, many seedling trumpets. 1897 – JCW [?] open, Weardale, G of Leiden, C…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…for Cl. 1900 – JCW The seedling Ciliatum opening, none of the things on the opposite page are nearly open except Sirius, Snow. 1898 – JCW Golden Bell came out….

6th October

…us a rooted cutting. Gorgeous golden indumentum on the young stems and huge old leaves. Tom grew this in the greenhouse but has now planted it out at circa 12ft…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…views of the drive views of the drive A nice mix of yellow and white. Rhododendron moupinense going over and Rhododendron Golden Oriole var Talavera in front. nice mix of…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…flowers of 23, all the Italian. 1897 – JCW Some Narcissi Emperor out, CJ Backhouse, M mume, K Spurrell (nearly), all the Golden Spur and Rho praecox seedlings. Jacko out….

9th March 1897 – 2020

…reticulata open, on a standard plant.1905 – JCW Southern Star and Artemis open.1900 – JCW Some Golden Spur and Italian Trumpet. All the standard things commonly open now are very…

8th October

…of crab apples here. I assume they are all species if they did come from Westonbirt? Left to right: 1. A rounded yellow fruit very similar to the Malus ‘Golden

16th July

…asper Sonchus arvensis or Perennial Sow Thistle? Sonchus arvensis Sonchus arvensis This may be Solidago virgaura or Golden Rod or it might be a Leonotus or even an Amsonia? Time…

28th September

…So a pretty poor show on the drive anyway. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ has zero fruits and Sorbus forrestii is bare too. All these plants, and several more, flowered well in…