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

9th June

Lithocarpus hancei Quercus morii. Quercus morii Quercus morii Lithocarpus corneus is finally getting going. Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus The first flower spikes on a young Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Rhododendron…

14th January

…Quercus wizlizenii Quercus unknown and not on the plan – annoying. More or less evergreen. Quercus unknown Quercus unknown Lithocarpus lepidocarpus (CMBS 2003-1175). Planted 2009. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus

12th January

…has hardly grown 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…

28th July

…100 years. male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins male lithocarpus catkins 3. The younger of our two trees has a whiter sheen on the undersides of its…

1st August

…lot of leaves and suffered in the drought but the large acorn clusters survive. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus I have been puzzled about these 2 trees besides Charlie Michael’s Nursery…

3rd June

…change from C. duclouxii is unhelpful. Catalpa bungei f. duclouxii New growth on a young Lithocarpus harlandii – a new species to us. Lithocarpus harlandii 2021 – CHW Colin French…

20th August

…with flowers and berries together. Symphoricarpos albus 2021 – CHW An elderly Lithocarpus edulis in flower in Old Park. Lithocarpus edulis Rhododendron emarginatum in flower in Old Park. Rhododendron emarginatum…

9th September

…shrub with basal new growth. Some seed clusters actually touch the ground. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus 2023 – CHW Parastyrax species nova (BWJ15185) – one of two planted…

9th October

…holly this is. Ilex dimorphophylla Malus x micromalus with ripe yellow fruits. Malus x micromalus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus with new growth and flower in October? Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus 2022 –…

21st April

…a young Lithocarpus dealbatus. Lithocarpus dealbatus Lithocarpus glabrata looking exceptionally well and about to come into new growth. It may well grow 2-3 feet taller this year but the deer…

23rd May

…confirmation we think we have now sorted out Quercus morii and Lithocarpus corneus but the three Lithocarpus lepidocarpus are, Tom believes, Lithocarpus hancei. Quercus gilva has died or vanished and…

3rd October

…to 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…

30th October

…new leaves on just one branch of Lithocarpus cleistocarpus. Drought reaction I assume? Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Secondary flower on Rhododendron morii x Rhododendron euchates. Much paler than in the…

25th September

…dieback but is now in full flower. Castanopsis chinensis Lithocarpus lepidocarpus has grown much better nearby above the greenhouse. Cutting material here for Asia to try. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus…

9th January 1897- 2020

…sold a few small plants at Hampton Court. Podocarpus species A nice batch of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus seedlings. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus An even better batch of Berberidopsis beckleri cuttings. Berberidopsis beckleri An…

9th August

…2 hot summers and, now, a wet one or is the old plant about to die? Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Maackia chinensis has split out earlier on one side but…

6th October

…well). Lithocarpus brevicaudatus Lithocarpus brevicaudatus Castanopsis eyrie – huge older leaves before the new growth (also from seed via Thomas Methuen-Campbell). Castanopsis eyrie Castanopsis eyrie Castanopsis eyrie Litsea moupinense –…

24th April

…Pink new leaves appearing on Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Flowers almost out on Rhododendron fortunei. Rhododendron fortunei New growth on Lithocarpus corneus (CMBS 64J 2003-1122). Lithocarpus

29th August

Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Much larger (but still not yet viable) seed clusters off the younger Lithocarpus cleistocarpus above Hovel Cart Road. Some here have been eaten by squirrels already. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus…