26th May

…full out and flowering properly for the first time. Just the odd flower in previous years. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Sorbus gongashanica in flower. Sorbus gongashanica…

3rd June

…hangs on just. I bought a replacement. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Lithocarpus kawakamii with new seed just forming. Lithocarpus kawakamii Lithocarpus kawakamii A huge Buddleia colvillei planted in 1992 with…

9th April

…at the CGS show. Tony introduced P. kawakamii into UK cultivation from seed he collected in Taiwan. At the show Tregothnan had what they called P. kawakamii in one of…

10th January

…in New Trees. Not listed as evergreen but Tom Hudson has had it in full leaf at Tregrehan in December. Carpinus kawakamii Carpinus kawakamii Carpinus kawakamii Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…lost this. Quercus candicans Quercus candicans Quercus tatakaensis from Taiwan. Quercus tatakaensis Quercus tatakaensis Lithocarpus kawakamii which may be the species with the largest leaves. Lithocarpus kawakamii Lithocarpus kawakamii Lithocarpus…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…a trio. Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group…

18th May

…‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Paulownia kawakamii just coming out but, for now, just on the lower branches and not high up. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia…

4th May

…colours in the trumpet. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Sorbaronia ‘Likjornaja’ is an interesting hybrid between Sorbus and Aronia. This is its first flowering here and certainly more Aronia…

28th May

…show is now nearly over. Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia kawakamii 2022 – CHW Beatrice’s christening today. She and Isla descend the stairs in their finery. She and Isla Neil…

14th January

…lepidocarpus A good show on Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’. Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’ Circa 1980 planted Acer kawakamii (syn. caudatifolium) is dying in the Auklandii Garden and the rotten branches…