9th June

…Quite different from Styrax hookeri and no confusion between the two once you see them together. Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus d) Styrax…

18th June

…(one was Styrax hemsleyanus). Needs a good tidy up here. Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus White wisteria You will not see a better display of white wisteria in a…

13th June

…restored to full health. Not that much flower but I have never sen this species overloaded. Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ had only this one small…

19th June

…Look at the pictures and make your own mind up. Styrax hemsleyanus The very large trees of Styrax obassia and Styrax hemsleyanus measured in 1964/6 by Alan Mitchell are long…

18th October

…no fruit – leaves are nearly as big as those of Styrax odoratissimus but less heart shaped Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’ – Tom Hudson thinks…

9th May

…of the bark and trunk of Styrax hemsleyanus. Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Rhododendron ‘Dreamland’ is compact and small growing. Rhododendron ‘Dreamland’ Rhododendron ‘Dreamland’ Rhododendron ‘Dreamland’ This is closer to Rhododendron…

6th June

…Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax hemsleyanus Styrax wuyuanensis also plastered in flower. The best display yet from this species. Styrax wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii just coming into full flower….

27th October

…in stock but no berries to be seen. Sorbus hemsleyanus ‘John Bond’. Very white undersides to the leaves. Sorbus hemsleyanus ‘John Bond’ Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’. Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’ Sorbus ‘Leonard…

10th October

…leaves. These too are ready to gather. Staphylea trifoliata Styrax serrulatus has seeds which are green and only half swollen. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Styrax hemsleyanus which has individual flowers…

8th October

…Close and one above Crinodendron Hedge) Styrax hemsleyanus (above Crino Hedge in new planting) Styrax officinalis (above Crino Hedge in new planting – one survivor from two planted?) Styrax shiraianus…

7th July

…Pillar good. Maddeni flowers very fine. Styrax japonica just open. No Auriculatums open. 1924 – JCW Some Auriculatums hybrids are opening. Styrax hemsleyanus is just over but quite suddenly Discolor…

23rd June

…S. americanus, S. hemsleyanus and, partly, S. hookeri. S. japonicus (all forms) is perhaps the worst, followed by S. formosanus (all forms), S. obassia and S. wuyuanensis. S. shiranus and…

7th June

…monobeigii Magnolia globosa still flowering away. Magnolia globosa Styrax hemsleyanus nearly out and flowering much more profusely with pendulous racemes of flowers than in the two previous years. Most of…

1st June

…wuyuanensis Styrax wuyuanensis The same story with Styrax formosanus. Styrax formosanus Styrax formosanus Styrax hemsleyanus just coming out. Styrax hemsleyanus 2024 – CHW At Chelsea I photographed two primula species…

31st May

…different. Those species which seeded profusely last year are having a year off and have little, if any, flowers – Styrax serrulatus, Styrax hemsleyanus, Styrax hookeri. The hot weather seems…

10th June

…been to shoot vigorously from the base. Note how different the bark colours are to Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax formosanus seen yesterday. This is clearly a spreading evergreen tree which…

25th June

…well as Catalpa duclouxii and Ligustrum and Rho weyrichii, campylocarpum and argyrophyllum. Very hot, no rain since June 3rd. 1928 – JCW Styrax, Wilsonii Langleyense, Hemsleyanus the hybrid and Japonica…

27th June

…in 1916 the season has been very good for the growth of shrubs and weeds, perhaps we never had such good growth in my time. Styrax hemsleyanus and the Maddeni’s…

1st July

…and so Maddeni. The two flowers of Eriogynum very good. Some Mag parviflora and hypoleuca, also delavayi. 1924 – JCW The pink Moyesi, Styrax hemsleyanus, Discolor, and some Harrow hybrids…

18th July

…more weeks. Planted in 1991 it is now 12 feet tall and as much across. Just as floriferous as Styrax japonicus and rather more so than Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax…