5th April

…growth in a cold exposed position. Catkins are over. Betula dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ Betula dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ Betula dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ Betula utilis ‘Doorenbos’ (‘Snow Queen’) living up to its…

6th May

‘Maurice Foster’ Betual dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ Betual dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Knightshays’ Betula utilis var jacquemontii ‘Knightshays’ Betula szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula albosinensis…

Email from Maurice 1/6/2016

…specimen from your plant at some time – even a rooted cutting ! And happy to send you the other Wilson images if you thought it helpful. best, Maurice M…

6th June

‘Maurice Foster’ is out for the first time ever with us. A gentle light yellow flower with a large flower cluster. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ Clematis…

20th February

…has recovered from the frost. Azalea ‘Kirin’ On Wednesday night an excellent IDS webinar by Maurice Foster VMH on the ‘second golden age of plant hunting’. Pictures of around 70…

23rd July

…name of this oddity. Tom’s oddity Tom’s oddity This is Maurice Foster’s wild collected Meliosma cuneifolia (MF97137) (a species in its own right now and not a sub species of…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…Tom Hudson, Maurice Foster and Jaimie Compton. So a plethora of horticultural experts to contend with and five and a half hours of garden tour. Someone had a pedometer and…

18th March 1897 – 2020

…by Maurice Foster who sends me three pictures from his garden in Kent. Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick…

3rd August

…onto Hydrangeas and Maurice Foster’s excellent new book on the subject. We took with us C. camphora, C. japonicum and C. glanduliferum as well as Maclura tricuspidata. Schizophragma integrifolium var….

6th July

…a bad winter. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ nicely out. Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ 2020 – CHW So today the quest to look at the rest of our new Philadelphus species…

19th June

…fruits and ready to plant out in the autumn. Vaccinum retusum Maurice Foster gave us this startlingly good hydrangea in March but we have lost the label (or it never…

6th October

…unusual appearance and is quite nice although who Foster was and why he felt ‘sunny’ I have no idea! Ilex altaclarensis ‘Sunny Foster’ Ilex altaclarensis ‘Sunny Foster’ Hammamelis x intermedia…

28th April

…Charles Williams PA Sent: 17 April 2020 13:52 To: ‘James Garnett’ Subject: RE: Magnolia martinii […] The Michelia doltsopa puzzle which I wrote about was mainly prompted by Maurice Foster

21st June

…the tips of the tepals on this flower of Magnolia globosa as you can see. Maurice Foster I believe has a much pinker flowered form. Magnolia globosa 2021 – CHW…

18th December

…gigantocarpa and is flowering for the second time that we have seen. Maurice Foster has an interesting article on camellia species identities in the latest RMCG newsletter. Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia…

25th September

…the thunderstorms. Multiple seed pods on Hypericum forrestii. The first time I have seen these on the young plant given to us by Maurice Foster. The plant is easy enough…

8th September

…CHW Tom Hudson gave us ripe seeds today at the Great Gardens of Cornwall meeting of:– Meliosma cuneifolia – Maurice Foster’s collection No. MF97137 from Baoxing, Sichuan – Meliosma cuneifolia…

1st July

…and the very last deciduous azalea to flower here. Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ Hypericum forrestii was a gift from Maurice Foster and is developing into a compact shrub. Much smaller growing…

25th June

…Rookery. Rhododendron weyrichii Azalea ‘Western Lights’ (or so the plans say) with very blue foliage. Azalea ‘Western Lights’ Hypericum augustinii was a 2022 gift from Maurice Foster. Huge flowers. Hypericum…

24th March

…and what a stunning plant this is a fortnight on from when the first buds broke. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Maurice Foster gave us Magnolia ‘Chindit’ which is…