15th February

…Ilex forrestii Ilex forrestii Ilex forrestii Ilex hookeri has (as you would expect) serrated leaves so this is a nonstarter.Ilex cyrtura – the leaf size is not as Galle describes…

8th April

…Hilliers who also say plants of this name are in fact Abies forrestii var. smithii. Clare bought this in for Caerhays but I have no idea where from. Abies forrestii

23rd July

…very dull! Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Meliosma dentata Rhodoleia forrestii which has yet to flower. Similar bark to the other species. Rhodoleia forrestii Rhodoleia forrestii The best thing in the…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…Tom’s. A wonderful species which will become a garden favourite I expect. Nice bark striping too. Camellia forrestii Camellia forrestii Camellia forrestii Camellia forrestii Pyrenaria spectabilis seems about halfway between…

16th February

…(Forrest collected) growing at Trewithen as a clump. This holly species was originally called Ilex forrestii perhaps or then misidentified as Ilex ficoidea. Are your plants still going and could…

25th June

…augustinii Hypericum augustinii Hypericum augustinii Hypericum forrestii has a compact habit and the flowers are much smaller but none the worse for that. Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii Today’s…

11th October

…the garden entrance. Buddleia forrestii Buddleia forrestii Buddleia forrestii The first flowers on the ancient Camellia sasanqua sprung open last Friday in the overcast but warm weather. Camellia sasanqua Camellia…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…blew down recently at Donkey Shoe Abies forrestii Abies forrestii Abies forrestii A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var…

11th January

…Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ Pieris forrestii ‘Forrest Flame’ The elderly (25 to 30 years) Daphne bholua ‘Alba’ is beautifully scented and just coming out today by the greenhouses. The plant…

10th March 1897 – 2020

…(like here) from white, to shell pink and crimson. Camellia forrestii Camellia forrestii A new plant of Tilia endochrysea is coming into leaf in the greenhouse with bracts opening to…

16th September

…open with pink centres to the flowers when open. Buddleia forrestii Buddleia forrestii To give more light to the river and because the area was full of dead elm and…

29th October

…Sorbus forrestii Sorbus forrestii A Mahonia lomariifolia which I had forgotten about near the Top Lodge. Mahonia lomariifolia Another unidentified Sorbus near the Top Lodge. unidentified Sorbus unidentified Sorbus The…

7th August

…very pale lilac buds opening white. One for Asia to continue to propagate. [Or is this Buddleia macrostachya? See Andrew Large’s comment below.] Buddleia forrestii Buddleia forrestii Now a real…

1st July

…Maurice Foster and is developing into a compact shrub. Much smaller growing that H. lancasteri. Hypericum forrestii Hypericum forrestii At Pengelly Garden Centre I spot the bizarrely variegated Cercis canadensis…

24th September

…serrulatus Enkianthus serrulatus A young seedling from our now long dead original Acer forrestii is doing well. We have planted many out but I can never find them. The reddish…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…formosa var forrestii ‘Rowallane Spike’ – flowers as its name implies. Pieris formosa var forrestii ‘Rowallane Spike’ Illicium simonsii won a cup (Trewithen). The flowers are rather hidden in the…

1st December

…Enkianthus serrulatus with its vibrant autumn colours. This was a gifted layer from the Tregrehan plant. Enkianthus serrulatus Acer forrestii has little notable autumn colour here. Rather drab. Acer forrestii

19th November

…leaf. Aesculus wangii Acer forrestii never has much autumn colour with us. Acer forrestii A large clump of Rhododendron decorum has collapsed. Still flowers on the ground below. Rhododendron decorum…

26th September

…slugs Camellia forrestii only 1 year on from planting is getting going. Camellia forrestii Viburnum henryi seed’s are as impressive as its flowers even if I have missed the best…

25th September

…the thunderstorms. Multiple seed pods on Hypericum forrestii. The first time I have seen these on the young plant given to us by Maurice Foster. The plant is easy enough…