A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…odd too. Calycanthus chinensis Calycanthus chinensis Lithocarpus variolosus with smaller leaves than ours. Male and female flowers and some seed clusters just starting to set. Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus

14th January

…in more shelter. Lithocarpus corneus Another larger Lithocarpus lepidocarpus which has had more shelter. Attractive bark again. Planted in 2009 and now 12ft or more. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus

9th June

…young oaks above the greenhouse are indeed Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Lithocarpus hancei Quercus morii. Quercus morii Quercus morii Lithocarpus corneus is finally getting going. Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus The…

28th July

…to check the top of it for seed clusters but none have ever been seen here before in 100 years. male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins male…

12th January

…at all. Struggling! (No photograph) Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus A young Quercus acuta bought in with rather larger juvenile leaves than our older plants. Bought in from Holland….

1st August

…said Quercus verruculosa which implied something nasty on your foot but it is a fine and very rare specimen today! Vintage Nigel! Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus More plants…

20th August

…– CHW An elderly Lithocarpus edulis in flower in Old Park. Lithocarpus edulis Rhododendron emarginatum in flower in Old Park. Rhododendron emarginatum 2020 – CHW The removal of one fallen…

3rd June

…replacement. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Lithocarpus kawakamii with new seed just forming. Lithocarpus kawakamii Lithocarpus kawakamii A huge Buddleia colvillei planted in 1992 with paler flowers than ours and one…

9th October

…new growth and flower in October? Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus 2022 – CHW Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ was a gift from Wakehurst. Here one with the lower weeping branches removed and…

3rd October

…the ground in the recent wind but appear viable. Half sent on to Tom Hudson. Lithocarpus cleistocarpa Lithocarpus cleistocarpa Then the first fully formed seed clusters on Lithocarpus variolosus (NH…