13th March 1897 – 2020

…come to Caerhays in the late 1920s according to JCW’s notes. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Next door is a huge Manglietia insignis which I…

17th May 1897 – 2020

…the flowers open in a few weeks’ time? Magnolia aff. floribunda var. Tonkinensis Magnolia aff. floribunda var. Tonkinensis Magnolia acuminata ‘Variegata’ does not appear yet to have any variegated leaves…

21st April 1897 – 2020

…argument. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda We then move onto Tom’s (wild collected in SW Yunnan and 100 miles from his collection of floribunda) Michelia…

1st April

…last. Is it floribunda? Tom Hudson says just another form of M. doltsopa. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia cavaleriei (not M. macclurei as we had previously thought). Michelia…

17th May

…a hot and dry location. Abelia floribunda Olearia floribunda is another species which we should be propagating regularly. Very attractive small flowers. Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda 2023 –…

11th June

…time in the next few weeks, they all got a bit overexcited and steamed up from last summer. Magnolia aff. floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia aff. floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia sieboldii…

1st August

…Magnolia floribunda (NTM 10.136) is doing well also. How many years until it flowers? Magnolia floribunda Magnolia floribunda Magnolia floribunda Cyclocarya paliurus (SICH 1784) has settled in after planting last…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…[Photo caption: What we thought were Michelia floribunda now identified as widely differing forms (to our other three) of Michelia doltsopa] Tom Hudson brought pieces of M floribunda in flower…

1st June

…just out. Salvia leucantha Vesalea floribunda which is now a new name for the semi climbing Abelia floribunda as it has always been known. Another annoying name change in the…

22nd June

…Jaimie wants to layer it as cuttings have so far failed. Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Tilia carolina subsp….

14th May 1897 – 2020

…of double flowers appearing on the new growth rather than the old wood. Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ 2019 – CHW Wisteria floribunda ‘Violacea Plena’ (syn. ‘Black Dragon’) seems to flower…

22nd February

floribunda variety really. Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Wok’ Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Wok’ Seed clusters have formed on Lithocarpus hancei but no seeds have formed properly. Perhaps they have and we just…

28th April

…de l’Environnement (SEVE) in Nantes about Michelias with his pictures. At issue is the variation in the forms of Michelia doltsopa and whether the big plant here of Michelia floribunda

25th June

…mealy bug are creeping up from the bottom. Stephanotis floribunda Stephanotis floribunda Stephanotis floribunda This unknown rose was clearly rather fine a fortnight ago. Dainty pink and highly scented flowers…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…stocks it. Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Fraxinus floribunda with huge leaves. Himalayan. Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Quercus lineata from Burma untouched by the ‘Beast’. Quercus lineata…

4th May 1897 – 2020

…key plants seen were: Quercus floribunda – perhaps the only mature plant in the country of this evergreen oak. Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus libanerris – interesting bark….

3rd May 1897 – 2020

…to be much tougher than the parkameria. Near the clump of three Magnolia delavayi there is however a 20ft tall Magnolia aff floribunda var tonkinensis from Crug Farm planted in…

28th April 1897 – 2020

…Michelia doltsopa and whether the big plant here of Michelia floribunda is actually that species. From: James Garnett Sent: 16 April 2020 15:55 To: Charles Williams PA Subject: Re: Magnolia…

27th April 1897 – 2020

…‘Ted Millais’ Dipelta floribunda – one plant just out while another has already produced its odd seed capsules with a few tail end flowers. DIPELTA floribunda DIPELTA floribunda DIPELTA floribunda

18th March

…The yellow flowered Michelia floribunda (as we call it) out high up at about 60ft. Michelia floribunda Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ just out. Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Camellia ‘Gay Baby’ Magnolia ‘Joe…