…suspect, a lutchuensis cross? Need to check but it is very pretty today. Pure C. lutchuensis is a double white as is Camellia ‘Scentuous’ which is Camellia ‘Tiffany’ x Camellia…

…1943 – CW Double white Camellia below Engine House out – also some Cornish Scarlet and a lot of Yellow Hammer – Sasanqua in full flower on wall. Mag delavayi…

…Arboreum in middle ride – Moupinense beginning. Cam reticulata species bud picked just opening – Rho Ririei – Camellia hybrids good and early double white – cut up dead Mag…

…a variable semi double flower with pink buds and attractive pink edging to the petals. There are two plants just above the Hovel and this is very well worth propagating…

…line at best and at least six doubles also Lady Clare and Lady Bullen. Hamamelis at best. Camellia Cornish Snow had a few flowers for some time. Rho ririei out…

…Just as in 1935. 1932 – JCW R parvifolium is over but has done us very well since before Christmas day. The double white Camellia has been nice since Christmas…

…semi-double. I cannot observe either trait but perhaps the flowers are too full out to still be scented? The plants came from a French nursery so perhaps a Brexit retaliation?…

…very prone to phythopthera ramorum. Thankfully this old plant remains sound. Drimys winteri Drimys winteri 1943 – CW Double white Camellia, and a good many of the hybrids, Olieifera nearly…

…frost and cold for 6 weeks. 1924 – JCW H mollis is nice, the double white Camellia is in flower, some Heaths including Bobs but nothing else. 1923 – JCW…

…nearly double the normal size. It has been an abnormal summer for sun and heat. 1904 – JCW Polyanthus dyere several of them up. Polyanthus primus many in flower. No…

…flowers. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Scentsation’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Scentsation’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ is a double flower but equally good today. Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Cindy’ Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ exceptional too with…

…large double flower. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter Snowman’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter Snowman’ Schima wallichii (or perhaps it is Schima khasiana?) is about to become the best thing in the garden. I…

…nice. C williamsii fair. 1920 – JCW The double cherries are nearly at their best. 1915 – JCW Bean left. Frost had cut all the stuff, but some Fortuneiis stood…

…expect. Ghent Hybrids Splendens coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower…

…– CHW Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ on the drive. A pure double white and mid-season amongst the deciduous azalea varieties. Azalea ‘Whitethroat’ The rare Halesia diptera has made a recovery from near…

…Veitch’ A fine new clump of Azalea ‘Melina’ has semi double flowers and is quite a show – well worth propagating. Azalea ‘Melina’ Azalea ‘Melina’ You cannot miss the scent…

…which have been inside look a bit weak and insipid still.But the huge ones outside do not! The leaves will double in size in the three weeks to show judging….

…out also. A good many Maddeni hybrids. Single peonies and two double out in Tin Garden. 1911 – JCW A few daffs to come. Montana rubra ⅓ open. Indian Arboreums…

…their lifespan is only 40 to 50 years and they die suddenly usually full of canker having grossly over-flowered.Just beyond the Four in Hand is a late flowering double white…

…into flower. An odd looking protea-like plant for the conservatory. Isopogon anemonifolius Isopogon anemonifolius Prunus incisa ‘Oshidori’ is also new to us. Very pretty and double flowered. Later than most…