8th August

…are not yet out. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi 2018 – CHW An occasional shower and a definite cooling of the temperature. Heavy rain for Saturday forecast….

22nd July

…tall and 6ft spread. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra monostachya is flowering nearby in Bond Street below the dump for the first time I have seen it anyway….

23rd August

…alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ full out. Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ not quite full out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’. Planted in 2003 this has…

8th October

…First flowers out on Schima superba. Schima superba Clethra pringlei nicely out in flower. Clethra pringlei Clethra pringlei Clethra pringlei Disanthus cercidifolius just starting to turn colour. Disanthus cercidifolius Schefflera…

9th August

…bignonoides Catalpa bignonoides Clethra kaipoensis with interesting leaves and flowers just opening. Very erect and upright habit. Clethra kaipoensis Clethra kaipoensis Clethra monostachya is a spreading small tree and quite…

17th September

…Hillier’s says Clethra tomentosa is a late flowering US species. Clethra tomentosa Clethra tomentosa 1918 – JCW The hydrangeas are good. The terrace roses nice. The two big R decorum…

17th October

…only about 20 years of over-seeding. One flower remains out hidden in the small tree which this plant now is. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Pterostyrax corymbosus was also…

4th September

…to identify in my new book. Perhaps Hydropus floccipes. fungi Clethra pringleyi nicely out in the nursery. Clethra pringleyi Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ making a good show. Larger flowers than the…

22nd September

…have all missed the first flowering at Caerhays of another new clethra species. Clethra monostachya has leaves similar to Clethra delavayi but a different growth habit or so it appears…

31st July

…in habit but this one more upright. Clethra monostachya First flowers out on Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ from the USA. A suckering and expanding clump. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Trees to fell…