…Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ The new Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ in bud. Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’ nicely out in a tunnel. Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’ Magnolia ‘Royal Crown’…

…Escallonia resinosa. Styrax americanus 2023 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s article in the latest Plant Review (formally the unwoke Plantsman) sparked my interest. It is on unusual species of Aucuba and…

…should be evergreen but which has lost its leaves in the wind. Photinia macrophylla Roy with what I thought was a Gardenia. He says it’s a Photinia! Roy with what…

…‘Lasca Beauty’ ‘Dream Castle’ – a sparse flowerer ‘Dream Castle’ ‘Royalty’ ‘Royalty’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ strutting its stuff. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ One of Jaimie’s new magnolia hybrids and Rhododendron ‘Ostara’…

…pleianthum Roy’s wild collected Aucuba himalaica var. lenicactus. Aucuba himalaica var. lenicactus Roy gave us a seedling of the Cotoneaster-like Dichotomanthes tristaniicarpa. Very dull plant none of us had ever…

…Jonathan Jones marshalling us on the Bowling Green. Jonathan Jones Roy Lancaster thought this was Stachyurus nitida with its shiny leaves from Mt Omei and not Stachyurus yunnanensis. Roy Lancaster…

…cylindrica x M. campbellii‘Darjeeling’ Magnolia 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…

…died but root suckers haver recreated this vigerous climber and it is nearly back to its original size. Roy Lancaster’s specie rose Roy Lancaster’s specie rose Roy Lancaster’s specie rose…

…Crown Estates and was Magnolia macrophylla ‘Whopper’ x M. ashei. Jim Gardiner and Roy Lancaster Jim Gardiner and Roy Lancaster Magnolia x wieseneri ‘Aashild Kalleberg’ flowering well in 40 Acres….

…cryptomerioides as I have yet seen. Taiwania cryptomerioides Terence and Roy. Terence and Roy Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell. Thomas, Lizzie and David Jewell Sue Lancaster. Sue Lancaster The statue…

…Fire’ (?) – on the plan it is ‘Jock Brydon’. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Rhododendron royalii ‘Royal Flush Pink’. Rhododendron royalii ‘Royal Flush Pink’ Rhododendron royalii ‘Royal Flush Pink’ This is…

…Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose and Cestrum fasciculatum ‘Newellii’. Roy Lancaster’s unnamed rose Viburnum wrightii. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ from Taiwain. A Crug Farm introduction but not acquired from them….

…Roy Lancaster’s unnamed Chinese species of climbing rose Roy Lancaster’s unnamed Chinese species of climbing rose Vaccinium urceolatum with ripe black fruits. Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum Vaccinium urceolatum The usual…

…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…

…covering the top of the walls where they have moved or cracked. Repairs to the walls Repairs to the walls Repairs to the walls Roy Lancaster’s huge white climbing rose…

…This is the smallest and bottom one of the three (see earlier attempts at naming the three of them). crab apples Mahonia (then) ‘species nova’ given to us by Roy…

…pure and pictures are attached. Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x Magnolia sargentiana Attached is a wonderful ‘thank you’ postcard from Sir Roy Strong who visited Caerhays a…

…White Styles. A gift from Roy Lancaster. Deutzia subulata Deutzia subulata Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ at the entrance to Old Park. Another dead ash tree shows up along Beech Walk. Another dead…

…in Blue’ in a pot outside the Stable Flat. Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Roy Lancaster sends me his pictures of three very rare plants flowering in his garden. Lonicera calcarata….

…stand. Aechmea gamesepala At last I manage to purchase a stock plant of Lonicera subaequalis. Roy Lancaster had promised a plant for some years but it is hard to propagate…