11th June

…shoot from the base. A Styrax habit. The bark is interesting too. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida A first bud on the tender Magnolia tamaulipana. We have…

2nd June

…growing. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Pterostyrax psilophyllus in flower. Its leaves have three lobes and this used to be called Pterostyrax leveillei. Some plants of P….

3rd June

…a columnar windbreak. Ilex yunnanensis Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei nicely out with its odd tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back…

17th October

Pterostyrax corymbosus Pterostyrax corymbosus Ailanthus altissima var tanake was planted in 2015 but is already quite huge. Something has eaten out the leading leaf bud for next year which I…

30th June

…hispida at its absolute best. I normally fail to spot this. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida High up one of the younger Magnolia dealbatas is out. The others not…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…end of each leaf. Pterostyrax psilophyllus Pterostyrax psilophyllus Quercus pannosa which is another dense evergreen from Yunnan. Quercus pannosa Quercus pannosa Quercus pannosa Quercus pannosa Quercus rehderiana with spines on…

30th May

…CHW Pterostyrax corymbosa just coming out on Bond Street. Pterostyrax corymbosa Pterostyrax corymbosa A huge clump of Rhododendron ‘Sappho’ in Forty Acres. Biggest clump in the UK perhaps? Absolutely perfect…

16th November

…still green. Pterostyrax triloba Pterostyrax triloba Stewartia serrata is colouring as a young plant in a similar manner to some (not all) of our Stewartia rostratas. It can only get…

21st May

…has very few buds this year. Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ Styrax japonicus ‘Sohuksan’ Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei with its trilobed leaves. We used to be allowed to call it triloba. A…

4th June

…here. An azalea gall 2022 – CHW Four hours of welcome heavy rain overnight and more to come to dampen the Jubilee festivities. rain Another decent plant of Pterostyrax psilophyllus…