…from planting out. Probably about eight years on from being a seedling but still a very quick performer by the standards of most young big leaved rhodos. Rhododendron sinogrande A…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW A big excitement today as Jaimie’s new magnolia…

…by the lake Big leaf rhododendron seedlings everywhere in the shade – all self-sown. Big leaf rhododendron seedlings A superb rhododendron on the main drive. superb rhododendron on the main…

…Rhododendron macabeanum – very early into flower for a big leaf and very fine indeed. Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum…

…var digyna Sarcocca hookeriana var digyna A big tidy up for opening. Half the pyrus tree was dead and has now gone. The hydrangeas have had a ‘proper’ prune as…

…on the Big Vib. fragrans, Meliosma veitchiorum, the most western Euonymus fimbriatus (note correct name: Lucidus), one Vaccinium ovatum. Several other plants? The small Reevesia The single Corylopsis near Reevesia…

…pink better than the yellow form? Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’ Pseudocydonia sinensis with, as usual, early new growth on the lawn edge. Pseudocydonia sinensis Then a big surprise….

…– flower on Michelia – sycamore seed germinating in the Big Quarry. At least 20 Rhodo’s full out and Williamsii Camellias at their best. 1981 – FJW Davids first appearance…

…bit as a windbreak but there is another big clump of Camellia saluensis / williamsii types nearby (unnamed) which are for the chop shortly and can then be dug out….

…This small big leafed rhododendron seedling was moved to make way for the digger clearing the stumps but has resettled well. Perhaps a hint of Rhododendron arizelum because of the…

…has been strip cut (I assume) by a remote machine. The National Trust are supposedly grazing ponies on the Dodman cliff areas to restore wildflower meadows. Big risks of cliff…

…of the tree. Another record and six to eight weeks early. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ Above the Auklandii Garden the big Michelia doltsopa is now full out and quite…

…drizzle all morning. Nevertheless it is nearly as bad now as 1976. The only big plus is that Jamie and the team have spent several days trying to save the…

…although the leaves are quite different. Nice to have in the collection but not that big a ‘wow factor’. Lots more buds to come. Magnolia ernestii Magnolia ernestii Magnolia ernestii…

…flowering for the first time. Enkianthus serrulatus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ just out. Also a newly planted group and with loads of flower. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Then a big…

…– FJW Puffkins left us after at least 18 years. 1982 – FJW South Georgia retaken. First swallow seen. 1968 – FJW Shy flowering of Big Leafed Rhodo’s. 1959 –…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Viburnum erosum. Viburnum erosum Big excitement! The first flower buds on Parastyrax…

…course, Hancock will be forced to fall on his sword and resign but how many NHS bigwigs will he take with him? None presumably!Larix kaempferi, Japanese larch, just coming into…

…of flowers this year. Looks like becoming a big tree. I do not think I have seen this in flower before but it is one of Michael Gottschalk’s (Lunaplant) German…

…Pink Maddeni above big camellias very good – also large Lacteum Rho very good and Sinogrande. Daffodils largely over. Two fuschias showing flower, one Mrs Pople out. Pink magnolias over…