…which I had never seen before. Burncoose stocks 2 species of Helwingia but they are both evergreen – H. chinensis & H. himalaica. Helwingia japonica Helwingia japonica Helwingia japonica The…

…costei beside the till. Camellia costei Very different foliage on Helwingia chinensis to Helwingia himalaica. Helwingia himalaica Helwingia chinensis Plenty of flower on Arbutus unedo. Arbutus unedo 12 different species…

…at Rowallane a week ago. Here it is a much taller evergreen shrub of 6-8 feet. Helwingia chinensis Helwingia chinensis Betula ‘Grayswood’ only takes us so far with its true…

…Jury’ Helwingia chinensis is a suckering, spreading shrub so we have put another beside the existing one. Note how much bigger the leaves are on the plant from the frames….

…of the leaf (like a helwingia) but they are actually stalked back to the base of the leaf. A very odd species which we might do well to propagate. Euonymus…