A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…yunnanensis Quercus affinis from Mexico with acorns forming. Quercus affinis Quercus affinis Calycanthus chinensis (formerly Sinocalycanthus chinensis) with its last pink tinged flowers and huge leaves. The buds are rather…

28th July

…shrub. Psoralea affinis Psoralea affinis Pink watsonia – equally good. Pink watsonia Anisodontea capensis is not that hardy but an excellent coastal plant in full sun. Should we stock it…

23rd May

…Aurea’. The variegated leaves are very variable. Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Belgica Aurea’ We believe this is Quercus affinis although I thought it was Quercus castanifolia when looking at the spiny…

9th June

…woke at Royal Cornwall in the flower tent but not exactly what a flower show normally is! beached whale Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata the King’ and Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’. Dryopteris…

6th July

…cannot find Philadelphus affinis which arrived in 2016. Still to be planted out which I cannot find in the greenhouse area are Philadelphus palmeri, Philadelphus madrensis and Philadelphus karw(?). These…

30th July

…castanena x sapadifolia growing reasonably beside Acer sterculiaceum which is doing well. Of Quercus affinis and Quercus rugosa there is no sign. Major casualties because of minimal care and maintenance…

22nd September

…Berberis hypokerina Buddleja tibetica Cotoneaster affinis Euonymus wilsonii Frangula alnus ‘Aspleniifolia’ Pomaderris elliptica Viburnum fordiae Viburnum phlebotrichum Viburnum taiwanianum Viburnum wilsoniiTom gave us a Deutzia longifolia.The pile of plants to…