17th March

Roy Lancaster and Jaimie Parsons ceremonially plant Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Roy Lancaster and Jaimie Parsons ceremonially plant Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Roy Lancaster and Jaimie Parsons ceremonially plant Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’…

13th September

…for the RCM Group yearbook article. It was in the Isla Rose Plantation all along. Final flowers on Escallonia resinosa. Styrax americanus 2023 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s article in the…

18th March

…species or hybrids one bloom of each C. ‘William Hertrich’, ‘Lila Naff’ & ‘Royalty’ – 1st C. ‘William Hertrich’, ‘Lila Naff’ & ‘Royalty’ – 1st Any Miniature one bloom C….

4th March

…Jonathan Jones Roy Lancaster thought this was Stachyurus nitida with its shiny leaves from Mt Omei and not Stachyurus yunnanensis. Roy Lancaster thought this was Stachyurus nitida Michelia doltsopa at…

10th March

…cylindrica x M. campbellii‘Darjeeling’ We have a Record Tree of Roy Lancaster’s collection of Aucuba omeiensis from Mount Omei. Roy saw it a week ago in full flower as here…

19th June

…Rhododendron viscosum x ‘Midsommer Maiden’ Another form of Rhododendron royallii ‘Royal Flush’ full out which is I think a solitary survivor of what was ‘Royal Flush Apricot’. ‘Royal Flush Apricot’…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…crassipes still in flower. The true species (unlike ours). Magnolia crassipes Magnolia crassipes Hydrangea aspera villosa – from Roy Lancaster (2021). Hydrangea aspera villosa – from Roy Lancaster Hydrangea aspera…

1st July

…walls Repairs to the walls Repairs to the walls Roy Lancaster’s huge white climbing rose is now full out over the archway. The flower trusses have up to 30 individual…

11th June

…suckers which are now coming into their own and flowering away. Some have been lifted and potted but this one has been left alone. Roy Lancaster’s Chinese specie rose Roy

12th June

…Rix and Peter Moore. Deutzia calycosa Deutzia calycosa Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ from Taiwain. A…