…to the ground in a very cold winter. Sarcococca saligna Sarcococca saligna 1982 – FJW Two flowers on smaller C williamsii in Big Quarry. 1957 – FJW Picked flowers Cam…

…which I enjoy disliking. 2000 – FJW Another very wet month (October) major floods over the country. 1950 – CW Camellia hybrid in Big Quarry out and some opened indoors…

…leaves are therefore a big surprise. A really good new oak for the collection. Planted in only 2017. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Photinia macrophylla…

…too depressing to go out and look at dieing plants. Even so its still nowhere near as bad as 1976 when all the mature big leafed rhododendrons were killed. Magnolia…

…and still tending their wonderful garden in Carharrack. Bomarea caldassii flowering away in a big pot outside. It used to grow up to 20ft each year in the Burncoose conservatory…

…have planted has quickly died from waterlogging; especially big leafed rhododendrons. The only thing which has worked here is what I think is Taxodium distichum ‘Pendens’ although it is billed…

…is quite dry. 4 big old Argenteums are killed by it. 1922 – JCW Three weeks of dry, cold winds and now snow. No planting so far. 1921 – JCW…

…yellow hybrid good by Donkey Shoe. Rho Yellow Hammer nice. Hardly a sign of Decorum or its hybrids. Mag officinalis fell down on 26th behind big Fastuosum Bamboo 51 ½…

…Camellia japonica varieties Fifteen new Camellia japonica varieties Nine new Camellia sasanqua above the path. Several of the C. sasanquas planted in 2019 are big enough not to need wire…

…move this young Juglans major to somewhere where there is more room for it to develop properly. Looking at it today I fear that it is already too big? Juglans…

…bad storms and a lot of rain. Last week 3 big branches off the tall Insignis. 1924 – JCW I took a nice bunch of Hippophaeoides, Scintillans, Saluensis, Russatum x…

…Camellia sasanqua starts. 1923 – JCW Very little flower bud on most rhodo’s. 3 big Argenteums dead. No camellias open. No Ericas but mauriana. A few lapagerias , one maddeni…

…Lapagerias and fuchsias still nice. No frost. 1933 – JCW I came home from the north. There has been a lot of rain after a big shortage. 1932 – JCW…

…C paniculata very fine. Many, probably all the big Chinese have set for flowers, and many of them for the first time. Camellia sasanqua in flower and full of promise….

…battered and miserable big leaved rhododendron nearby. rhododendron Ilex laevigata is a deciduous species with good autumn colour from the Eastern USA. For above the Dog Kennels I think. Supplied…

…Postill’ First snowdrops just about out 2 days ago. The big clumps on Bond Street are much further on already. snowdrops 2022 – CHW Everything sodden but little damage in…

…1914 – JCW The first Soleil d’or just shows colour, a few Arboreum are starting. C. Lady Clare is very nice, a big move all round in the last three…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ 2023 – CHW Cold North wind but no frost yet.Fatsia polycarpa now out. Too big a plant now to photograph easily. Fatsia polycarpa Another…

…and Plagianthus. 2 nice flowers of early Sutch. Arb. hybrid. 1929 – JCW Much as in 1918 but no big coloured Rhodo’s show flower, a late season. 1926 – JCW…

…before without success. We have three plants at this size which are big enough to take a risk with at least one this year. Huodendron biaristratum Daphne bholua alba has…