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…

3rd May

…Will root from new growth cuttings with difficulty. Quercus lamellosa Quercus lamellosa Quercus lamellosa Quercus lamellosa Quercus lamellosa Quercus oxyodon – a Nigel Holman collection. Quercus oxyodon Quercus oxyodon Quercus

30th July

…pseudoturneri. Planted in 1998 and a good 20 feet today. Quercus castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia Quercus castaneifolia Quercus coccifera, the Kermes Oak, is really a bushy shrub and has done very…

26th July

…with a bloom; blueish white 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…

4th May

…glabra and it is not the Quercus glauca which is what Allen Coombes wants. Thomas Methuen-Campbell thought this was Lithocarpus edulis. Quercus glabra Quercus glabra Quercus glabra Quercus glabra A…

4th May 1897 – 2020

…key plants seen were: Quercus floribunda – perhaps the only mature plant in the country of this evergreen oak. Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus libanerris – interesting bark….

9th June

…them off before grubbing out later.Quercus crassifolia killed by deer. Quercus crassifolia Quercus insignis is growing on reasonably well after some dieback in the cold. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Aucuba…

23rd April 1897 – 2020

…Carrieria calycina Carrieria calycina Quercus crassifolia – not looking too evergreen. Nice bark. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus flocculenta – hardly like an oak at all. Quercus flocculenta Schefflera delavayi…

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…

6th May

…this week). Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis Quercus kiukiangensis This is the ancient Quercus glauca in the 1920s Quercus clump below the Pound. The tree is partially dead and…

23rd May

…‘Belgica Aurea’ We believe this is Quercus affinis although I thought it was Quercus castanifolia when looking at the spiny acorns cups last autumn. Quercus affinis This is labelled Quercus

5th June

…from Crûg on Monday. not be Quercus acuta not be Quercus acuta Thomas identifies this unnamed oak above Crinodendron Hedge as Quercus sessilifolia. Quercus sessilifolia Quercus sessilifolia Catkins on Quercus

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…

16th November

…Nikki Applewhite. Quercus rubra ‘Evenley Gold’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ is splendid (ex. Roundabarrow). Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ –…

18th November

…Ferris Miller’ just changing to brown. Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Quercus dentata ‘Carl Ferris Miller’ Magnolia amoena still in full leaf. Magnolia amoena Enkianthus…

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…

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

…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 on Quillaja…

12th January

…four separate species of Schima (khasiana, argentea and superba). Schima wallichii Schima wallichii Quercus morii (CMBS 249-2003-1091) has grown very slowly and has some scorching. Planted 2009. Quercus morii Quercus