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

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s article in the latest Plant Review (formally the unwoke Plantsman) sparked…

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

…which is I think a solitary survivor of what was ‘Royal Flush Apricot’. ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ ‘Royal Flush Apricot’ 2017 – CHW First flowers on Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’…

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

…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…

29th October

…to five feet in height I would guess. Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca wallichii Sarcococca orientalis was a Roy Lancaster introduction in 1980. It has an attractive domed and compact habit which…

12th June

…gift from Martin 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’…