A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

Quercus lineata Quercus utilis from Vietnam. A really good tree. Quercus utilis Quercus utilis Quercus utilis Quercus utilis Quercus semiserrata. Quercus semiserrata Quercus semiserrata Lithocarpus henryi – Tom’s own collection…

4th May

…floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus libanerris – interesting bark. Quercus libanerris Quercus libanerris A mature Quercus trojana. The International Dendrology Society gave us a plant of this last Tuesday….

3rd May

…tender for us)Quercus lamellosa (original introduction Forrest 1924)Quercus oxyodon (original introduction Wilson 1900)Quercus glauca (original introduction)Quercus gilva (young plant)Quercus myrsinifolia (original introductions)Quercus stenophylloides (small tree from an Allen Coombes collection)Quercus

30th July

…hybrid of Quercus marylandica and Quercus velutina. Our Quercus marylandica above Higher Quarry Nursery now looks sickly with major dieback. Quercus x bushii Quercus x bushii Quercus x bushii 1989…

26th July

…or grey) grows nearby.) Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA The originas of Quercus acuta are very different. The old plant towards Tin Garden which was…

5th June

Quercus acuta. One to show Sue and Bleddyn from Crûg on Monday. not be Quercus acuta not be Quercus acuta Thomas identifies this unnamed oak above Crinodendron Hedge as Quercus

9th June

…Lithocarpus hancei Quercus morii. Quercus morii Quercus morii Lithocarpus corneus is finally getting going. Lithocarpus corneus Lithocarpus corneus The first flower spikes on a young Lithocarpus hancei. Lithocarpus hancei Rhododendron…

22nd June

…right and identifies them both as Q. chenii (previously Quercus acutifolia). Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia This we had as Quercus gregii (one of several young plants…

23rd April

Quercus crassifolia Quercus flocculenta – hardly like an oak at all. Quercus flocculenta Schefflera delavayi – not one so far in the Caerhays collection. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera taiwanensis…

6th May

…We had thought it was very close to Nigel Holman’s collection of Quercus oxyodon (see earlier this week). Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis This is the ancient…

23rd March

…Fire’ Roses trained up a metal Harrod Horticultural support. Roses trained up Quercus alnifolia with some leaves intact. Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Pieris very fine. Pieris Betula albo…

23rd May

…when looking at the spiny acorns cups last autumn. Quercus affinis This is labelled Quercus monimotricha (90-0250) but Tom believed it was not. Quercus monimotricha Quercus monimotricha Quercus monimotricha Quercus

15th October

…on well. Schinus molle Quercus franchetii with secondary new growth and an interesting trunk. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Photinia lasiogyna (P. nussia) a year after planting. Photinia lasiogyna…

17th May

Quercus hypoxantha with new leaves and catkin flowers. A gift from Thomas Methuen-Campbell. Quercus hypoxantha Quercus hypoxantha Aesculus glabra now just out. Few flowers this year. Aesculus glabra Aesculus glabra…

4th August

Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ – a most unusual tree! Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Quercus robur ‘Cristata’ Aesculus x neglecta ‘Autumn Fire’. Aesculus x neglecta ‘Autumn Fire’ Aesculus x neglecta…

30th August

…in the spring but more have appeared. Quercus cerris ‘Argeneovariegata’ Quercus cerris ‘Argeneovariegata’ Quercus cerris ‘Argeneovariegata’ Quercus cerris ‘Argeneovariegata’ Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ is just coming out. A good plant as…

18th November

…again by next spring. acers Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichihenge’ has not been in stock for some while. Acer palmatum ‘Beni-schichihenge’ Quercus coccinea at its zenith! Quercus coccinea Various forms of Ginkgo…

30th November

…zeylanica (BSWJ 10199) A good stake now on the perennially floppy Quercus suber. Another failure to get this superb tree growing properly here. Quercus suber A new stake as well…

12th January

…has some scorching. Planted 2009. Quercus morii Quercus stenophylloides also has interesting bark. 2008 planted and evergreen. Quercus stenophylloides Quercus stenophylloides Quercus stenophylloides This appears to be Lithocarpus corneus (CMBS…

17th April

…flowers, emerging new cones, and old cones still standing. Abies homolepis Abies homolepis Good splitting bark on Quercus frainetto planted in 2010. Quercus frainetto Smooth bark on a similarly aged…