6th July

…and in July! Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Clematis uncinata flowering well on top of a camellia. Originally a gift from Peter Moore…

21st June

…Tilia species when recording their leaf shapes a month or so ago:Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ – regrowth after the rain from earlier roe deer nibbling. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia…

9th June

…Caesalpinia decapetala Caesalpinia decapetala Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ in flower as a young plant. Few Tilia species seem to flower at a young age. Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’ Tilia japonica…

4th October

…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’ which I have not…

The Garden at Caerhays

…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…

28th April

…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 and…

16th March

…still allowed to be called this) which is a quarterly RHS magazine. These are twining climbers related to Actinidia. Two species were discovered by Ernest Wilson in 1908. Magnolia ‘Lanarth…

Contributors to the Garden Diary

…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…

29th March

…var. tonkinensis. Magnolia (Michelia) floribunda var. tonkinensis Exciting moment! The first time I have ever seen Maddenia hypoleuca in flower. Cherry like leaves and introduced by Ernest Wilson in 1907….

5th April

…japonicum Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala is much pinker in colour now. Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala Magnolia ernestii now properly into flower. Magnolia ernestii On Burns Bank Rhododendron impeditum ‘JC Williams’ and Rhododendron…