1st April

…although, I suspect, still doing some work. John and Katie are holed up in Bristol and the grandchildren are enjoying having daddy home all the time but asking why they…

27th May

…time since planting in 2013. We could now try to recreate the cinnarbarinum x concatenans cross which produced ‘Caerhays Philip’, ‘Caerhays John’ and ‘Caerhays Lawrence’. These died out in the…

1st January

…– FJW CHW killed first Sparrow. 1967 – FJW Rh mucronulatum well out 1962 – FJW David John born 1914 – JCW German War. 1913 – JCW We have had…

24th April

…This is Cleyera japonica ‘Fortunei’. The variegated form of what we saw yesterday. In John Marston’s recent Gorwell garden video he showed the variegated form in his garden in a…

25th April

…drive). John Anderson was taken ill just before leaving Exbury so no entries from them sadly. However this allowed Caerhays and Werrrington to claim a lot of the silverware. Caerhays…

6th March

…A multi stemmed tree. Magnolia mollicomata Magnolia mollicomata Rhododendron ‘Choremia’ (Rh. arboreum x Rh. haematodes) towards Tin Garden. John Anderson showed this hybrid in his excellent recent online Plant Heritage…

17th May

…first day. John has an attention to detail which is critical and so we have a TEAM who are unrushed, unfussed, happy and enthusiastic. After 37 Chelseas I have seen…

14th March

…from Seamus O’Brien email from Seamus O’Brien email from Seamus O’Brien A quick walk through the Rockery today. Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ just out in Rookery. Rhododendron ‘Wee Bee’ John Bond’s…

15th March

…exactly as depicted in the watercolour in George Johnstone’s 1950s book on magnolias. We purchased from Eisenhut Magnolia sargentiana pure thinking it was from scions we had supplied and planted…

20th March

…Stovin Bradford, Jeremy & Natalie Johnston, John & Pru Folliot Vaughan). Worcester College reunion Worcester College reunion A young Osmanthus yunnanensis in flower properly for the first time. Now the…