…last year but this is much better and in July! Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Clematis uncinata flowering well on top of a…

…a young plant. Few Tilia species seem to flower at a young age. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Quercus franchetii with flowers. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii 2022…

…or so ago:Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ – regrowth after the rain from earlier roe deer nibbling. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia chingiana has leaves which droop…

…are now ripe. Sorbus hedlundii (KR1810A) Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ peeling from pink to white. Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Ripening seed on Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’…

…numbers of new plants from China which were totally unknown in Western Europe. These were collected by the great plant hunters, Ernest Wilson and George Forrest, whom JC had sponsored…

…a quarterly RHS magazine. These are twining climbers related to Actinidia. Two species were discovered by Ernest Wilson in 1908. Magnolia ‘Lanarth Surprise’ looking very good on Rookery path. The…

…leaves and introduced by Ernest Wilson in 1907. It used to grow here but has long since died out. Maddenia hypoleuca Maddenia hypoleuca Another young Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ with decent…

…be a misspelling – otherwise untraceable. Magnolia ‘Kusious’ Flower on Acer japonicum. Acer japonicum Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala is much pinker in colour now. Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala Magnolia ernestii now properly…

…‘Honey Belle’, or ‘Judy Zuk’ as we can now compare. Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ Cotoneaster cornifolus ‘Ogisu’ (93330) just into leaf. A deciduous species first collected by Ernest Wilson in 1910…

…these new species were sent back by the great plant hunters, George Forrest and Ernest Wilson, whose expeditions were sponsored either wholly or as part of syndicates by JC. The…