…out clear flowers on the tree. No pink outer tepals visible but otherwise I am no further forward. Manglietia hookeri Manglietia hookeri Manglietia hookeri Manglietia hookeri Manglietia hookeri So at…

…nearly over today and many flowers have dropped. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Another plant in Kennel Close of Styrax formosanus var hayatianus has more flower in full sun…

…Quercus glauca Ilex hookeri which once grew at Caerhays but never seen before by me. Ilex hookeri Ilex hookeri Cistus salviifolius ‘Prostratus’. Cistus salviifolius ‘Prostratus’ 2022 – CHW Exciting news…

…this height in 1971 as Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Michael Lear lists it as a Record Tree in 2010 and refers to it as being ‘propped…

…Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis. It clearly isn’t at all like our Styrax hookeri in its flower form. S. hookeri generally has flowers in pairs or singles. I thought the name…

…heads. Gaultheria I suspect. The ancient plant is half dead from the drought. Gaultheria hookeri Gaultheria hookeri Acer palmatum ‘Senkaki’ ( ‘Sango-Kaku’ ) turning yellowish even earlier than usual. Acer…

…the identical two have Forrest numbers 25424 and 25362. I. insignis is no longer a recognised specie name. Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena Ilex hookeri or Ilex dipyrena Ilex hookeri…

…hookeri (several mature plants – Rockery, Slip Rail, Georges Hut) Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax obassia (Drive and Bond Street – old plant at Crino Hedge nearly dead)Styrax…

…our S. hookeri but I am still a bit suspicious of this naming when I look at the flower clusters. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Salvia leucantha…

…hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri This elderly clump of Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in the Rookery usually goes unnoticed by visitors. Strangely the odd lower flower is full out while most…

…thinks that this ancient gaultheria on Rookery Path opposite the Rhododendron falconeri is Gaultheria hookeri (Vaccinum wardii). Gaultheria hookeri Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’ is nearly over. Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’…

…Gingko biloba 2021 – CHW A young (from Mark Bulk) plant of what is called Styrax hookeri yunnanensis. The leaf looks a bit like Styrax hookeri but the flowers do…

…someone who really knows like Tom Hudson that you can start to correct your own howlers. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri I am pretty certain too now that what…

…with ripe seeds now much larger than when we have picked them in recent years. More chance with these I think for Asia. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Magnolia…

…exposed and in the way. Conversely another bit of Chinese plant collecting history bites the dust. Rhododendron hookeri Rhododendron hookeri Country Life appears today with Caerhays on the front cover…

…rain at all. A few more rhododendrons to catch up with. Another berberis on the drive. This one is Berberis hookeri planted in 1999. Had not really noticed it before….

…nothing like our home grown Styrax hookeri which has been here since the 1920s. Styrax hookeri yunnanensis new species of Maytenus – Maytenus magellanica arrived from Burncoose last week. Maytenus…

…var. fraxinifolium Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis. I wonder if it really is true to name? Nothing like S. hookeri really. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax americanus – Kankakee form –…

…Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis from Mark Bulk. Larges leaves and more flowers in each cluster than in our plants of S. hookeri. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia…

…to six weeks I suspect? Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Gevuina avellana is plastered in flower from top to bottom of this 30ft plus clump. Are there male and female flowers?…