A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…come out. Small tree. Clethra cavalieri Clethra cavalieri Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ – excellent and a plant to get. Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Dichroa ‘Cambridge Blue’ Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonica…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…their ‘sweetshop’. We need to ask now for the supply of: Daphne bholua varieties – several Dichroa cynea Dichroa cynea Dichroa gzum Dichroa gzum Dichroa gzum Schefflera delavayi – plenty…

13th February 1897 – 2020

…just going over. Dichroa cynea Dichroa cynea Dichroa cynea I have never seen such an array of Daphne bholua and the stock plants were mainly growing outside in the teeth…

20th June

…in 1984. Our good luck! On the tour the following were looking good:- Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’. Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’ Dichroa guizhou – should the flowers be blue? Dichroa guizhou Dichroa

20th July

…Beauty’ Dichroa guizhou full out and an entirely new species to us. Looks tender but very gentle colours. Dichroa guizhou Dichroa guizhou Calocedrus formosanus – the undersides of the leaves…

3rd August

…in 1955. It seems to be thriving at Tregrehan. Cathaya argyrophylla Cathaya argyrophylla Dichroa guizhou has white buds and blue flowers. Here growing to around 3 feet x 5 feet….

6th August

…The newly planted out Lyonia ligustrina is surviving the drought. Lyonia ligustrina Very different in leaf to Lyonia ovalfolium. Lyonia ovalfolium Dichroa guizhou flowering here for the first time. Dichroa

8th September

…full out. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Stephi’ Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ likewise. Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ Agastache fren. ‘Blue Fortune’ Dichroa febrifuga Dichroa febrifuga Dichroa febrifuga A…

28th February

…Carlyon’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Virginia Carlyon’ Dichroa febrifuga with attractive purple seed heads which I have not seen before. Dichroa febrifuga A fine line up for sale of Trachycarpus wagnerianus….

11th March

…see before. Vallea stipularis Dichroa in leaf and flower in March! Dichroa 2022 – CHW Just look at this bit of fly tipping in the road between Trencreek and Rosevallon…