2nd June

…odd species which we might do well to propagate. Euonymus moupinensis Euonymus moupinensis Euonymus moupinensis Attractive reddish new growth on Stewartia pteropetiolata and reddish stems to the new leaves. Re-growing…

3rd October

…Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster hualiensis (BSWJ 3143) looking rather old and tired on what I suspect is far too hot a location in Kennel Close. Cotoneaster hualiensis (BSWJ 3143)…

29th August

…has settled in well. Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis In my care article on cordyline for the website I referred to older branched forms shooting from the base. This…

14th May

…Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis A huge yellow flowering callistemon by the Hothead. We saw a white one at Eden earlier in the week. This one is very hardy and well…

5th May

…similar. Salix moupinensis Salix moupinensis I was quite wrong about Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Despite all its leaves being browned off and frozen into certain death there is now vigorous…

28th September

…berries. I do not think we have admired this before. Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Another final grass cut at Tin Garden ready for the planting of the FJW memorial gardens…

29th October

…Cotoneaster moupinensis still has a fine crop of black berries intact on the shrub which is now 6-8ft tall. Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ might also produce some…

16th June

…time. Attractive new growth too. Cotoneaster moupinensis Cotoneaster moupinensis Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii was full out and looking splendid. The form I know at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight…

14th June

…to the base of the leaves but unusual and peculiar. Euonymus moupinensis Euonymus moupinensis Last flowers fading out on a 1980s planted Rhododendron yakushimanum in the Auklandii Garden. Only 4-5ft…

8th October

…utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Chinese Garden’ Nearly ripe fruits on Euonymus moupinensis which will soon split open. Euonymus moupinensis Ilex opaca is making a spreading…