9th March

…Lees & Co for the past 35 years. We will miss them! The nursery all looks rather sad and untended. Just a few staff left. nursery all looks rather sad…

7th March

…is now evident. Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’ Magnolia ‘Todds Fortyniner’ The magnolia season rushes on far more quickly than last year. To have missed this weekend would have been to miss

28th April

…M. acuminata ssp. subcordata ‘Miss Honeybee’ x M. ‘Elizabeth’. Not bad but not as good as ‘Honey Tulip’ or ‘Honey Belle’, or ‘Judy Zuk’ as we can now compare. Magnolia…

15th April

…Magnolias quite splendid. Miss Pascoe died. 1935 – JCW (Typed letter attached to Garden Book page) From Knapp Hill Nursery to J.C.Williams, Esq. Dear Mr Williams, Thank you for your…

14th April

…and had to miss her husband’s funeral which was recorded for her.A visit to a tenanted dairy farm on the estate in the rain to discuss the future. Large gum…

23rd August

…on our website and we are missing a few pictures. From a distance the flowers look red but they are actually a gentle pink close up. Sometimes the flowers are…

22nd August

…I am wrong. The first plant is thought to have been found by a Miss Williams, although I believe this hybrid between Erica vagans and Erica tetralix is named after…

10th June

…is just coming into flower. I do not remember these in flower until now although I may well have missed them. On a drab day they are too high up…