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

…good 20 feet today. Quercus castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia Quercus coccifera, the Kermes Oak, is really a bushy shrub and has done very well in Penvergate just below the…

26th July

…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 so…

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

…chenii (previously Quercus acutifolia). Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia Quercus acutifolia This we had as Quercus gregii (one of several young plants here but this one a gift from…

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 May

…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 monimotricha…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…Most leaves blown off. Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ Lithocarpus henryi was especially fine. Lithocarpus henryi Lithocarpus henryi Wood anemone just appearing. Wood anemone Quercus dentata…

15th October

…new growth and an interesting trunk. Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Quercus franchetii Photinia lasiogyna (P. nussia) a year after planting. Photinia lasiogyna (P. nussia) Carpinus shensiensis. Carpinus shensiensis Podocarpus parlatorei…

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…

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…

4th August

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

30th August

…crus-galli ‘Inermis’ Quercus affinis x Quercus laurifolia – a gift from Thomas Methuan-Campbell with especially red secondary new growth. Quercus affinis x Quercus laurifolia 2023 – CHW Escallonia bifida just…

30th November

…Camellia ‘Hamy Lyi’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ which is always attractive at this time of the year. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ The Gunnera…

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…