21st June

…to add this to your collection! Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata…

18th June

…books or in Koen Camelbeke’s excellent pictorial key dated October 2014. Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu I have yet to find our plants of Stewartia serrata, Stewartia

9th November

…still greenish-yellow and much more rounded they do look like the seed heads in Koen Camelbeke’s article dated 16.10.11. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis This one is…

1st July

…and descriptions of the key species may well not be as clear cut as the authors would like to believe. Stewartia pseudocamellia at Burncoose Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia…

12th June

…buds which look a bit like Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis No flowers yet on the nearby young Stewartia malacodendron which has very different leaves….

12th November

…can see. Could we rope it back to a nearby oak? Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Rhododendron davidsonianum has…

16th November

Stewartia monodelpha has rather nice autumn tints. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Another young Stewartia sinensis has some decent autumn colour still in place. Another young Stewartia sinensis A young Stewartia

4th November

…Kennel Close. Three plants are photographed here. Stewartia monodelpha (1) Stewartia monodelpha (1) Stewartia monodelpha (1) Stewartia monodelpha (2) Stewartia monodelpha (2) Stewartia monodelpha (2) Stewartia monodelpha (3) Stewartia monodelpha…

4th August

…Its new growth has hairs on the stems and leaves as you can just about see here. Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Stewartia malacodendron showing early autumn…

28th June

Stewartia x henryae with a good crop of flowers. Stewartia x henryae Stewartia x henryae Styrax grandiflorus (from Roundabarrow) flowering decently a year or two after planting. Not sure if…

11th January 1897- 2020

…exfoliating bark structure. I have just written a new article on stewartia species at Caerhays so these pictures will be helpful. Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata A…

20th June

…The old Stewartia pseudocamellia is also just out. Green blotches in some petals. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Rhododendron sanguineum ssp didymum (or something close to it) is flowering…

4th June

…adorned. Abies pinsapo Abies pinsapo Stewartia ogisu flowering for the first time. Smallish flowers with pink buds. Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Supposedly a young Stewartia sinensis but I fear that…

26th June

…Good new growth. The surviving older leaves from last year were larger. Neolitsea aciculata Neolitsea aciculata The old Stewartia pseudocamellia with few flowers too. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia The record…

24th October

…again showing just how good it is. Stewartia x henryae Stewartia x henryae Stewartia monodelpha has improved greatly in a week or so. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Evening sun on…

5th November

…is even better. A far better show in Kennel Close this year than Stewartia rostrata which is normally the best autumn coloured species. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia

10th November

…thought that the autumn colours on Stewartia x henryae are better than on any other Stewartia. Stewartia x henryae The Styrax officinalis which I could not find in the summer…

14th June

…full out. Rhododendron nuttallii Rhododendron nuttallii Stewartia monodelpha new growth is a good red at first. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha The Stewartia pseudocamellia flowers are nearly over already in a…

19th June

…semi shade by Georges Hut is not as large as this one which relishes being in full sun. 20 to 25 years since planting. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata…

11th October

…in flower. Tristaniopsis Nothing beats the black autumn colour of Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia pseudocamellia is a pale comparison. Stewartia pseudocamellia Styrax japonica ‘Wespelaar’ with fruits. Styrax japonica ‘Wespelaar’…