…you can clearly see here. Meliosma dumicola Meliosma dumicola Meliosma dumicola Meliosma dumicola Meliosma dumicola Rhododendron serotinum from Vietnam. Quick growing into a massive tree in only 20 years. Leaf…

…Close Meliosma tenuis Meliosma tenuis Meliosma tenuis (c) Tin Garden Meliosma tenuis Meliosma tenuis Meliosma tenuis Meliosma tenuis (d) Above CMN’s nursery bed And its leaves close up. Meliosma tenuis…

…least the other Meliosma species growing here are rather easier to identify:Meliosma pungens (now Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens – original Chinese introduction here which still survives) Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma…

…the bloody botanists have struck again and changed all the names: Meliosma beaniana – now Meliosma alba (we have record tree) Meliosma oldhamii – now Meliosma pinnata subsp arnottiana (absurd…

…turn red. Syzygium smithii Meliosma pungens flowering harder than I have ever seen beside the car park. Meliosma pungens Lathyrus grandiflorus flowers in a vase. Lathyrus grandiflorus Tom Hudson’s Deutzia…

…saw during his visit. Both are amazing plants! Meliosma parviflora Meliosma parviflora Meliosma parviflora 2015 – CHW One forgets to look out for eucalyptus at this time of the year…

…oreodoxa var. fargesii in flower. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Flowers out on the elderly and, I suspect, dying Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma beaniana). Meliosma alba The…

…species are setting seeds while this Mexican species is in flower. Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Torreya nucifera covered in fruits which are already ripe and dropping. This young…

…Absolutely wonderful and the best thing in the garden today. Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Meliosma alba Jim and Alison Gardiner were with the tour. This is Jim’s ‘Gardiner…

…CHW Exciting news! Meliosma oldhamii (formerly Meliosma pinnata var. oldhamii) has produced a number of flower heads at the apex of its stems. It has never flowered before here but…

…pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. flexuosa perhaps. Another one to watch and key out when properly out. Drooping, terminal panicles of flowers here. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. flexuosa Meliosma dilleniifolia…

…nitida Magnolia nitida Our last original Meliosma veitchiorum is dead. It flowered profusely last year and was obviously then on the way out. Meliosma veitchiorum Lomatia ferruginea flowering away reasonably…

…tree. Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii The flower heads are now completely pendulous and full out. Covered in insects so we may well get seed…

…Tom Hudson’s gift of an unknown Meliosma species is producing interesting secondary autumn new growth. unknown Meliosma species unknown Meliosma species unknown Meliosma species Abutilon ‘Orange Hot Lava’ about to…

…that the original Meliosma pungens (Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens) which had once existed at Caerhays has ‘disappeared’. Well it has not actually and, now in more light after tree removal,…

…mexicana Crataegus wattiana now in full flower. Crataegus wattiana Crataegus wattiana Crataegus coombei (?) with flower. Crataegus coombei Crataegus coombei Two pictures of Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma beaniana) kindly sent…

…Quercus acuta Maytenus boaria with its drooping branches. Maytenus boaria Meliosma veitchiorum in full flower. Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum This Pinus insignis will shed more branches very soon….

…from Roundabarrow in flower. Euonymus cornuus (TH 659) Euonymus cornuus (TH 659) Meliosma pungens with new growth. Meliosma pungens Viburnum harryanum. Viburnum harryanum Michelia ‘White Caviar’ still most impressive. Michelia…

…A small tree with black bark. Meliosma myriantha Meliosma myriantha Meliosma myriantha Quercus rhederiana (allied to but not the same as Quercus semecarpifolia). Quercus rhederiana Quercus rhederiana Quercus delavayi –…

…trunk from the base to the top of the tree. No sign of seeds or flowers this year. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Zanthoxylum armatum (NJM 11.08) has flowered and berried…