2nd May

…plant was 6-8ft tall with 20 to 25 handkerchiefs. Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ At one end of the front of the house an elderly Diospyros…

3rd May

…last year. Keteleeria davidiana – I have just planted this as a cutting grown plant in Kennel Close. Here cones are forming. Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana…

12th April

…years to produce their first flowers. Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Paulownia tomentosa also flowering in a pot in the show tunnel. Far too early for…

19th May

…6 cygnets this year. cygnets A gigantic Davidia involucrata in the churchyard at Creed. Davidia involucrata Davidia involucrata Davidia involucrata 2023 – CHW Photinia parvifolia flowering for the first time…

2nd July

…walnut. Juglans nigra Juglans nigra Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana has attractive bark and slightly different shaped leaves. Flowers long gone. Bark a bit different too. Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana Davidia

13th July

…offered. Nepeta subsessilis Nepeta subsessilis The only self-sown Davidia seedlings I have ever seen under a mature Davidia involucrata. Davidia involucrata The front of Northcourt Manor – 1615 is the…

3rd December

Davidia involucrata in the Auklandii Garden. This tree replaced the one here before whose trunk split out three ways. It was probably three Davidias planted together as there used to…

14th May

…germinating strongly Also good germination of davidia after two years and a fine crop of several rhodo species including Rhododendron lindleyi. Well done Asia. We have never, in my time…

28th June

…Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ Frankie and Ross try to extract the gigantic fallen fir above the lake. fallen fir Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ appears to have settled in. Davidia involucrata…

18th July

…C. kousa as you can readily see here. Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ just coming out. Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ struggling slightly but only…

Irish trip April 2018

…‘J C Williams’ Mistletoe in Davidia involucrata. Not seen this before! Both look content. Mistletoe in Davidia involucrata The date plate at Llanfair. date plate Carpinus betulus in flower Carpinus…

11th February

…1 Cryptomeria jap. AraucarioidesBurncoose stock Prunus Shimidsu/Shogestsu x 2 Davidia Sonoma x 2. Requested one and billing for one. Sent two as small. Abies concolor x 3 one needs replacing,…

17th May

…Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Unknown but spectacular rose. rose rose The yew avenue was cut down to about 8ft and is now kept trimmed. yew avenue Azalea ‘Rosebud’ and Photinia davidiana ‘Pink…

2nd June

…x not come out yet, the soulei x campylocarpum very very pretty. The Davidia not quite open. 1911 – JCW Recurvas not open as much as in 1909. Daff crossing…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolias1997 – FJW First daff picked above Davidia minor or minimus? – still frosts at night. 1926 – JCW (Note added to Garden Book page) Some 80-0/6 mineral phospate put…