18th September

…fruit. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ behind it has none. Sorbus do not generally fruit well in our wet conditions but Pearly King does well. Two others on the drive. A small…

26th February

…Rosemary W, J Pickthorn, J.C.W.. Mag campbelli and robusta, and Golden Oriole, Crinodendron, Rho hybs and Snow Bunting. 1950 – CW Returned from Torquay election. Been very wet and stormy….

16th January

…– JCW Prunus pissardi is showing white. 1898 is ahead of 1935. 1898 – JCW M de Graaf breaks through, also Princep Mary, Sirius, Golden Bell etc, one seedling of…

11th September

…up to 4ft in semi shade and full out today. Pure white with golden centres. Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ –…

11th June

…struggling to get away after 10 years or so in too exposed a position. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus A wild orchid has popped up by my parents’ golden wedding plaque….

21st January

…– JCW One third of the snowdrops open, several wild primroses, Seedling Maximus open, Golden Bell well through the ground,many crocus open; nearly all Engelhard’s poeticus through; many Minimus open,…

22nd January

…Bill x Golden Oriole. Machrostenem – 8 Reticulata seedlings and Mary W. 1929 – JCW H mollis quite wonderful. Parvifolium is good and nothing else – four weeks of wind…

9th November

…parvifolium After all the rain suddenly Golden Scalycap – Pholiota aurivella all over a beech stump that was felled 4 years ago. Pholiota aurivella 2022 – CHW Tin Garden cut…

14th June

…chinense at Slip Rail. No flowers out yet on L. tulipifera or the golden variegated form – both on the drive. Liriodendron chinense Attractive new growth on Lindera triloba. Lindera…

25th September

…worthy and attractive. Both these Sorbus were gifts to us from Trevor Green. The adjacent Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ is the largest of the three but has no fruits at all…