17th May

floribunda Olearia floribunda is another species which we should be propagating regularly. Very attractive small flowers. Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda 2023 – CHW The weather has turned and…

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…

21st April

…it. DNA analysis is the only way to resolve this delightful argument. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda We then move onto Tom’s (wild collected in…

1st April

…always known it. Yellow in bud but less yellow this year than last. Is it floribunda? Tom Hudson says just another form of M. doltsopa. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda Michelia…

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…

14th May

…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 sparsely with its…

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….

22nd February

…must ask Raf Lenaerts next week. Not that exciting for a floribunda variety really. Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Wok’ Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Wok’ Seed clusters have formed on Lithocarpus hancei but…

27th April

…has already produced its odd seed capsules with a few tail end flowers. DIPELTA floribunda DIPELTA floribunda DIPELTA floribunda The view from Georges Hut today. View from Georges Hut And…

28th April

…pictures. At issue is the variation in the forms of Michelia doltsopa and whether the big plant here of Michelia floribunda is actually that species. From: James Garnett Sent: 16…

3rd May

…to have planted it. MICHELIA floribunda The mature Michelia floribunda has a branch laden down with flower which is close enough to photograph properly. The flowers are full out and…

4th May

floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus libanerris – interesting bark. Quercus libanerris Quercus libanerris A mature Quercus trojana. The International Dendrology Society gave us a plant of this last Tuesday….

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…

18th March

…reticulata ‘Miss Tulare’ 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…

11th April

floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Plants from the greenhouses and frames to go into Higher Quarry Nursery. Plants from the greenhouses 2024 – CHW A wet day to…

17th April

…‘Braendkjaer’ Malus ‘Gorgeous’. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus x floribunda. Malus x floribunda Malus x floribunda Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’. Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Royal Raindrops’ Malus ‘Professor Sprenger’. Malus ‘Professor…