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

…sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis This one is labelled Stewartia monodelpha. No autumn colour but dry ripe seed heads with (also) five sections. No unripe ones so difficult…

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

…oak? Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Rhododendron davidsonianum has some pale secondary autumn flowers. I have not seen this…

16th November

Stewartia sinensis A young 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

4th November

…colours on Stewartia monodelpha in 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)…

4th August

…This is its response to the drought. Stewartia malacodendron Stewartia malacodendron Rather unspectacular bark on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Seed heads forming on Stewartia pseudocamellia but many have…

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…

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…

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…

24th October

…x henryae 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…

5th November

…coloured species. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Just a few fruits this year on Malus prattii which are not quite ripe. Malus prattii 2020 – CHW Lockdown…

10th November

…growth. Styrax officinalis Lots of ripe seeds for Asia on Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Stewartia sinensis doing its best to compete. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisui’…

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…

25th October

…monodelpha above the greenhouse is making a nice red display. Its first as only planted this year. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha But not as red or good as Stewartia henryae…