5th October

…named. Schima argentea Schima argentea Schima argentea Schima argentea What extraordinary seeds Melliodendron xylocarpum has. Huge and not rounded as one might have expected from the Styracaceae family. Despite its…

30th August

…Six to eight feet tall. Shepherdia argentea Shepherdia argentea An unidentified rhododendron on the path on from the old Lower Quarry Nursery with what I assume are secondary flowers. rhododendron…

5th June

…(BSWJ 11686) Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421). Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421) Schima argentea (15423) looks nothing like our existing plant of this name. Schima argentea (15423) Euscaphis japonica (BSWJ 14600). Euscaphis…

23rd October

…Schima. Unlike S. khasiana this plant has single flowers rather than flower clusters. Schima argentea Schima argentea 2023 – CHW Pam Hayward found an amusing exchange between JC Williams, my…

18th March

…was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ which is unusual for mid-March….

13th May

…pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ [ALONGSIDE] Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ – another plant which shows up well in a tent. Cornus…

9th June

…delavayi Rhododendron nuttallii just out on the main ride. Rhododendron nuttallii 2020 – CHW A young Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ in flower at Donkey Shoe. The Burncoose one has been pollarded…

10th September

…Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Good reshooting from the half fallen over and pollarded Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia The Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ which also fell over has been successfully pollarded, uprighted…

1st October

…‘Elsie Frye’ Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’. Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ I have missed the first two flowers ever on Schima argentea. One is nearly brown. I…

26th August

…in flower and photograph them. In theory we have S. khasiana, S. wallichii and S. argentea or that is what they were planted as anyway. 2017 – CHW A trip…

28th August

…Schima superba (see two days back) look much the same from a distance. Sadly no flower buds on our (supposed) Schima argentea this year. A few on (supposed) Schima wallichii…

27th September

…The puddles persist 2016 – CHW The best thing in flower in the garden today is the mature Schima khasiana. We have Schima argentea and Schima wallichii in the garden…

12th October

argentea when she visits next week. Schima khasiana First flower high up in the sun on the first ancient, white Camellia sasanqua. Camellia sasanqua Autumn colour on various cercidiphyllums. Cercidiphyllum…

19th October

…have planted several species including Schima argentea and do not see that much difference in the three species which are supposedly identifiable. This is an older ?1950s plant which most…

12th January

…which I had forgotten about. We do have four separate species of Schima (khasiana, argentea and superba). Schima wallichii Schima wallichii Quercus morii (CMBS 249-2003-1091) has grown very slowly and…