24th June

…are not pink. Robinia hispida var kelseyi has lilac-pink flowers so that seems the best bet as far as I know. Robinia hispida var kelseyi Robinia hispida var kelseyi Deutzia…

11th June

…shoot from the base. A Styrax habit. The bark is interesting too. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida A first bud on the tender Magnolia tamaulipana. We have…

30th June

hispida at its absolute best. I normally fail to spot this. Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida Pterostyrax hispida High up one of the younger Magnolia dealbatas is out. The others not…

Visit to Tregrehan – 12th March 2022

…Brassaiopsis aff. hispida Brassaiopsis aff. hispida Quercus guyavifolia with its yellow felted leaves. guyavifolia guyavifolia Magnolia sprengeri Magnolia sprengeri Magnolia sprengeri Larix kongboensis with its curious upright cones. A small…

21st September

…formosa ‘Xitou Survivor’ The peculiar herbaceous Sambucus ebulus Sambucus ebulus Sambucus ebulus On the Tregrehan stand:Brassaiopsis hispida (£50 each!) Brassaiopsis hispida Brassaiopsis hispida On Nick Lock’s stand:Euonymus bungeanus with pink…

21st August

…wonder now in view of its flowering span if it is Robinia x slavinii ‘Hillieri’ rather than Robinia hispida var kelseyi as I thought earlier. Both are said to flower…

2nd June

…psilophyllus have leaves without the three lobes as here. The flowers are about halfway in size and shape between Pterostyrax hispida and Pterostyrax corymbosa but out a bit before or…

17th October

…planted in 2008 by the clethra. Pterostyrax hispida is much better known than this rarity which has yet to flower. The habit is erect and the leaves not entirely styrax-like….