Information includes some or all of the following: a description of the plant's appearance, its habit, its position in the garden, whether the plant is flourishing, its current state (for example flowering, budding, leaves appearing), any concerns he has about it, when the plant was planted, where it came from, his treatment of it and how successful it was, good combinations of plants, what he likes about the plant, his preference for a particular variety of a plant, and comparisons with other varieties. Garden birds. The garden in winter
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(9 Jan 2000) Visual effects of frost on the garden structure. Eucalyptus debeuzevillei. Beech hedge. Box. Snowdrops. Helleborus x hybridus (Party Dress Group). Rhododendron yakushimanum [name supplied by Roy Lancaster for this catalogue: Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Kochiro Wada']. Acer griseum. Acer 'White Tigress'. Garden birds including greenfinch, chaffinch, coal tits, great tits, blue tits, nuthatch, jay, wood pigeons, blackbirds, sparrows, magpies and collared doves. The absence of thrushes
(22 Jan 2000) Arisarum vulgare. Parson's nose. Iris unguicularis, given by Mrs Hala Humphrey. Galanthus, various species collected from the wild by Wolfgang Kletzing including Galanthus cilicicus and Galanthus fosteri. Acacia salicina
(30 Jan 2000) Frost and wind damage in the garden. Melianthus. Callistemon. Nothaphoebe cavaleriei. Galanthus 'Atkinsii'. Galanthus 'S.Arnott'. Galanthus 'Brenda Troyle'. Galanthus plicatus 'Augustus'. Various Galanthus species, collected from the wild by Wolfgang Kletzing including Galanthus cilicicus and Galanthus fosteri. Daphne bholua 'Darjeeling', given by an unspecified arboretum. Daphne bholua 'Jacqueline Postill'. Daphne bholua 'Alba', given by an unspecified arboretum, compared with a white Daphne shown to the RHS by Robin White and with Daphne bholua 'Gurkha'. Daphne bholua 'Peter Smithers', previously known as 'Daman Ridge Dark', to be sent to Roy Lancaster by Robin White. Iris unguicularis. Arisarum vulgare. Possible black spot disease on hellebores. Garden birds. Siskins
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