28th July

…and blue-white pea flowers. Growing here to 8-10ft as a multi stemmed shrub. Psoralea affinis Psoralea affinis Pink watsonia – equally good. Pink watsonia Anisodontea capensis is not that hardy…

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…

23rd May

…Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Belgica 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…

9th June

…what a flower show normally is! beached whale Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata the King’ and Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’. Dryopteris affinis ‘Cristata the King’ Pinus parviflora Pinus parviflora Pinus parviflora Podophyllum…

30th August

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 out in flower….

6th July

…Perhaps drought casualties. Philadelphus caucasicus I cannot find Philadelphus affinis which arrived in 2016. Still to be planted out which I cannot find in the greenhouse area are Philadelphus palmeri,…

30th July

…Of Quercus affinis and Quercus rugosa there is no sign. Major casualties because of minimal care and maintenance on the periphery of the garden. One cannot help admiring Betual albosinensis…

22nd September

…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 go out into…