22nd June

…they are exactly as pictured on the IDS website as Q. myrsinifolia and not at all like Q. glabra). Quercus myrsinifolia Quercus myrsinifolia Quercus myrsinifolia These 2 plants have always…

13th May

…Q. myrsinifolia? It looks a little like Q. glauca as myrsinifolia normally has narrower leaves. If you look closely at the underside of the leaf Q. glauca has hairs pressed…

4th May

…in the Auklandii Garden. One or two have died and one is reshooting well after tree damage. The rest are in good health. Quercus myrsinifolia Quercus myrsinifolia Quercus myrsinifolia Quercus…

10th October

…cluster of small and totally unviable and useless acorns even though they are ripe. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Quercus myrsinifolia has very tiny acorn clusters. They certainly are not ripe and I…

19th March

…in the rain. Why is this plant of Quercus phellos evergreen whereas the other two here are not? I guess because this isn’t Quercus phellos but actually Quercus myrsinifolia? (This…

3rd May

…1924)Quercus oxyodon (original introduction Wilson 1900)Quercus glauca (original introduction)Quercus gilva (young plant)Quercus myrsinifolia (original introductions)Quercus stenophylloides (small tree from an Allen Coombes collection)Quercus stenophylloides is more or less evergreen but…

29th March

…for the first time ever, David Williams in attendance. We place out 15 magnolias and a few rare oaks (including Quercus uvarifolius and Quercus myrsinifolia) and some scented rhodos on…