10th August

mitis Brassaiopsis mitis Crug Farm’s Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) is next door to it and planted in 2014. We have lost this twice before. An old flower and a new…

12th April

…johnsonii Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis full of flower. Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Hydrangea scandens subsp. chinensis Young plants of the tender Brassaiopsis mitis here just arrived from France. Brassaiopsis mitis

4th June

…sale yesterday at Tregrehan. Brassaiopsis mitis (ex-Raf Lenaerts) Brassaiopsis mitis (ex-Raf Lenaerts) Caesalpinia gilliesii just coming out. Caesalpinia gilliesii Styrax formosanus var. hayatiainus. Styrax formosanus var. hayatiainus First flowering of…

7th May

…we were promised last week. Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) with 2 new flowers. Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) Brassaiopsis mitis is still flowerless. Brassaiopsis mitis Roy Lancaster…

17th February

…and rare Carpinus has been totally ringbarked by squirrels from top to bottom. Carpinus Ilex mutchagara (perhaps Ilex mitis var. mutchagara) is a UK and Ireland record tree in Burncoose…

14th May

…A week of cold. Maples very good. 1899 – JCW No waterlilies yet, Auklandii at their best. Many Henonis have moved. A few young mitis. Some daff seed shows colour….

22nd June

…1897 – JCW The waterlilies are at their best. Bambusa nigra at full length, Henonis at ¾ of their length, Mitis only now starting in some cases and so nitida….

1st July

…the same, waterlilies well on, no Nitida moving yet. Some of the tree ferns have only lately started, the best are at full length. Some Mitis [bamboo] well on, but…

5th July

…JCW Most of the tree ferns have finished their growth. Henonis at full length, the best cane about 16 feet. Mitis and veitchii in mid growth, Nigra at full length….

10th October

…may be another name for Ilex mitis from sub-Saharan Africa where it is a large tree growing on Table Mountain and Mount Kilimanjaro above 2,500 meters. I remain doubtful. Ilex…