21st August

…yunnanense ‘Lago’ (BSWJ 9717) Hedychium coccineum flowering better than ever before. Hedychium coccineum Hedychium coccineum Hedychium tengshongense (WWJ 11964) seems very similar to H. yunnanense. Hedychium tengshongense (WWJ 11964) Last…

12th May

…better flower. EMBOTRIUM coccineum EMBOTRIUM coccineum Embothrium coccineum – pure orange (rather than red or scarlet) and out this year rather earlier than usual. Embothrium lanceolatum is a good fortnight…

10th December

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A very late flowering Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’. Interesting stem and attractive orange-yellow flowers in mid-December! Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’ Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’…

19th March

…sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Very early flower on Embothrium coccineum. Embothrium coccineum Magnolia ‘Marj Grossler’ – an American hybrid was superb. We eventually found it in the reference books as from…

31st October

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Hedychium coccineum flowers very late here. This is a Crug Farm form called…

21st September

…Hedychium coccineum – probably a named form Hedychium coccineum Westringia fruiticosa ‘Variegata’ Westringia fruiticosa ‘Variegata’ 2019 – CHW Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Wooly Mammoth’ was only planted this year and lost its…

23rd May

…coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ They are bolder…

11th June

…the east wind. It is probably therefore Embothrium coccineum Lanceolatum Group. Embothrium Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei has three lobes at the end of each leaf and is suddenly in full…