2nd September

…x veitchii for Asia to collect now. Magnolia wilsonii The nearby young Magnolia sieboldii seeds are not yet ripe although the two plants flowered at the same time. Magnolia sieboldii…

27th February

…a very good colour this year. This is the younger of our two plants above the Magnolia veitchii. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ The 1911 Magnolia campbellii stands out…

23rd February

…aftermath of the three storms. Jaimie’s other new (unnamed as yet) magnolia hybrid (Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ x Magnolia campbellii) above the veitchii. Magnolia ‘F J Williams’ x Magnolia campbellii…

17th June

…Salvia Salvia Salvia Salvia Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ just flecking with pink before going redder. Quite a sight today. Planted 2001 in the x veitchii clearing then. Cornus kousa ‘Rasen’ Cornus…

25th July

…JCW Buddleia var Veitchii and Magnifica at about their best. Very very dry, several things dead. 1909 – JCW Buddleia variabilis shows colour. Mitraria fair. Cyclamen none. Half the daff…

15th January

…it is full out as we have seen previously. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 1966 – FJW 6° frost. No snowdrops. Big clearing above Veitchii. 1958 – FJW Picked 4 buds of…

27th July

…ponticum was cleared a few years ago. A good new Magnolia x veitchii and a ‘Sweet Merlot’ have taken hold. Row of HYDRANGEAS The absurdly named Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’…

12th September

…pink when over but the seed heads are already swelling and Asia could well try them soon (Veitchii area). Hydrangea robusta ‘Titania’ (TH 3154) Hydrangea robusta ‘Titania’ (TH 3154) Hydrangea…

21st January

…be Semiarundinaria fastuosa. We have planted Sasa veitchii in the Rookery windbreak but it did not prosper. We used to grow Pleioblastus simonii below Noahs Ark but this went when…

6th August

…on top of Donkey Shoe nursery. Mag delavayi, I find a much finer flower at dawn – clearly opens at night. 1915 – JCW Buddleia veitchii wanes. Myrtles good. R…