30th September

koreana Photinia villosa var koreana Quite an exciting new addition to the garden. I photographed Photinia var koreana in flower earlier in the year but missed the other two. 1998…

4th May

…– a particularly dense growing form with dark flowers. Rhododendron campylogynum Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana – beautiful bark. Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana

4th January 1897- 2020

…harringtonia var koreana has excellent yellow needles in parts. Very slow growing with a fastigiate habit. Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Cephalotaxus harringtonia var koreana Very few…

30th May

…now full out below Kennel Close. Magnolia x wiesneri Magnolia x wiesneri Abies koreana has a particularly fine set of blue cones this year. Abies koreana Abies koreana Magnolia obovata…

4th June

…this is much better with trailing branches of flowers. Photima villosa var koreana Photima villosa var koreana Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Then Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ a hybrid between Magnolia globosa and…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…a young tree. Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana Group Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana Group Sorbus scalaris with an enormous trunk. Sorbus scalaris Sorbus scalaris Occasionally you see balls of dense growth on scots…

1st June

…Royal Cornwall Show by Trevor Wright for me. C polyneura C polyneura 2022 – CHW Not as many attractive blue cones on Abies koreana as last year below Slip Rail….

28th June

…this is a recognised specie name for styrax? Styrax grandiflorus Styrax grandiflorus A young Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana with its first flower. Stewartia pseudocamellia var. koreana Supposedly Stewartia monodelpha but…

2nd August

…– CHW After last week’s rain a joy to see the new growth progressing on the big leafed rhododendrons and secondary new growth on many other things. Abies koreana with…

29th September

…cones on Abies koreana are ripe and have shattered much earlier than usual this year. Normally they would stand proud until the new year. No sign of the cones being…

14th October

…Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Koreana Group’ with remarkable colouring. Much better than S. pseudocamellia. Stewartia pseudocamellia ‘Koreana Group’ Seed catkin clusters on Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’. Carpinus betulus ‘Purpurea’ Sorbus hupehensis covered in…

16th November

…sinensis A young Stewartia pseudocamellia var koreana is not bad either. Stewartia pseudocamellia var koreana Pterostyrax triloba is however still green. Pterostyrax triloba Pterostyrax triloba Stewartia serrata is colouring as…

29th November

…Group) Carpinus rankanensis in a similar state. Carpinus rankanensis Rhododendron keysii full out. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron keysii alongside the cones on Abies koreana. Rhododendron keysii alongside the cones on Abies…

16th March

…Populus koreana I am particularly pleased to have some Clematoclethra which got a good write up in the Plantsman (when it was still allowed to be called this) which is…

6th October

…visit to the RHS to sort out plans for the Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Group’s stand at Chelsea next year. Progress! Photinia villosa var koreana Photinia villosa var zolingeri Photinia…

4th November

…is true and the other two are not or perhaps the first one is something else and the other two are correct? Stewartia pseudocamellia Koreana group is nearby and totally…