…Beautiful autumn colour on Mallotus japonicus. Even better than last year. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Seed collected from various Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. Only the very large acorns will be viable. Cartloads…

…proper label. Reddish new growth, oddly shaped leaves and peculiar flower spikes. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Is this a tall growing canna or a hedychium? No…

…was a gift from James Garnett and the Botanic Gardens in Nantes is particularly good in flower this year. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus The branch of…

…limii Lagerstroemia limii Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus The Mallotus is a small tree which I have admired in flower and in new growth at Ventnor Botanic Garden for some years….

…basjoo Musa basjoo Musa basjoo The very rare Mallotus japonicus in full flower and new growth. A male form of this dioecious tree. The ‘food wrapper’ plant. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus…

…be female? This small tree is absolutely covered. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Flower spikes show up already on Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi I really do now believe that…

…last year and this. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Styrax limprichtii is a suckering shrub with seeds in pairs and lovely undersides to the leaves. We collect a few. Not yet…

…but this may be a juvenile stage. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus A young plant of Olearia lacunosa. Peeling white indumentum on the leaves. It will need a hot dry location….

…tree. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus 2021 – CHWThe Pinus wallichiana (a show stock plant which had visited Chelsea more than once) had been looking a bit sick last year after…

…years was sadly dying of drought or honey fungus. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ has been over pruned for cuttings but here some seed pods. The result of…

…it before. No idea of a name. rhododendron rhododendron rhododendron Steve Dance photographed Mallotus japonicus in flower in the nursery after the heatwave. Mallotus japonicus Mallotus japonicus 2019 – CHW…

…attractively on Mallotus japonicus. Mallotus japonicus Melicytus obovatus to show the size of the large shrub. You cannot see that there are tens of thousands of tiny flowers literally covering…

…laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘Summer Snowflake’ Another (just out) Rhododendron niveum which is a rather stronger colour. Another Rhododendron niveum Another Rhododendron niveum Mallotus japonicus…

…cygnets Mallotus japonicus coming into leaf. The deer cannot nibble this now with a higher wire netting surround. Mallotus japonicus Rehderodendron kweichowense (WWJ 12019) flowering properly. Rehderodendron kweichowense Rhododendron ‘Sappho’…

…good addition to our species collection. Azalea calendulaceum Azalea calendulaceum Mallotus japonicus with its startling red new growth. Mallotus japonicus Another great find – Rhododendron sinofalconeri (CW&T 6405) flowering for…

…shade now. Podocarpus macrophyllus ‘Aureus’ Hoheria glabrata nearly over. Hoheria glabrata Strong new growth on one of the young Mallotus japonicus with a flowerhead about to appear. Mallotus japonicus Magnolia…

…on Quercus insignis. Quercus insignis Mallotus japonicus has grown on well this year. A few flower heads. Mallotus japonicus Another picture of the pruned Gevuina avellana. Gevuina avellana A low…

…rhododendron crosses Startling colours on Mallotus japonicus. The veining on the leaves stays green while the leaf turns yellow. Mallotus japonicus The very ancient (80 to 100 years?) and original…

…now around 5ft tall with a similar spread. Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Our small plant of Mallotus japonicus has suddenly produced flower spikes of tiny white flowers with…