…and descriptions of the key species may well not be as clear cut as the authors would like to believe. Stewartia pseudocamellia at Burncoose Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia…

…a huge bush and not very scented. Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ First flowers out this year on the old original Styrax pseudocamellia. Styrax pseudocamellia The first grass cut in Kennel Close…

…– 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…

…The old Stewartia pseudocamellia is also just out. Green blotches in some petals. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Rhododendron sanguineum ssp didymum (or something close to it) is flowering…

…Good new growth. The surviving older leaves from last year were larger. Neolitsea aciculata Neolitsea aciculata The old Stewartia pseudocamellia with few flowers too. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia The record…

…Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ just out on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ looking very fine. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ A young Stewartia pseudocamellia…

…better if not blown away later this week. Stewartia monadelpha Stewartia monadelpha Stewartia pseudocamellia is even better today. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata has again…

…Caerhays. Prunus incisa ‘Beniomi’ Prunus incisa ‘Beniomi’ Prunus incisa ‘Beniomi’ Stewartia pseudocamellia bark splitting again for my article Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Click here to return to the 7th April….

…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…

…This is its response to the drought. Stewartia malacodendron Stewartia malacodendron Rather unspectacular bark on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Seed heads forming on Stewartia pseudocamellia but many have…

…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…

…are some way off coming out. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia below Slip Rail is the old original plant with some die back but excellent flaking bark. The other…

…pininana Stewartia pseudocamellia just coming out into flower. Many more flowers than last year when it was sparse. Stewartia pseudocamellia Stewartia pseudocamellia A young Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ now finally out…

…nicely. Cercis canadensis ‘Appalachian Red’ Asterotrichon discolor in full flower as usual. Asterotrichon discolor Maclura pomifera with attractive autumn colour. Maclura pomifera Stewartia pseudocamellia doing its usual good stuff. Stewartia…

…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…

…or secondary flowers? Rhododendron moupinense Stewartia pseudocamellia with some autumn colour which is yellowish with a reddish hue on the side shoot growing from the base of the old three…

…sinonuttallii. Rhododendron sinonuttallii Rhododendron sinonuttallii This stewartia has been wrongly named over the years as Stewartia sinensis and Stewartia pseudocamellia both by us and various visiting experts and tree measurers….

…tree fern on the Main Ride now uncovered as the laurel has been cut back around it. tree fern Good autumn colour on Stewartia pseudocamellia. Considerably better than last year’s…

…pond. I discover its still a bit early for most of the young Styrax and Stewartia to be out in the clearing beside Charlie Michael’s Nursery.Stewartia? pseudocamellia ‘Ogishu’ just opening…

…flower or three on Stewartia pseudocamellia. Secondary flowers or a sign of weakness in this old veteran? The flowers are high up on an old branch from the main stem….