30th July

…are out already. Made a decent video for the Burncoose website.Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ – upright habit and very floriferous. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa

25th August

…in full flower. The first time I have seen this at its very best. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ 2022 – CHW Frankie completes the pathways…

20th September

…rubrum Secondary autumn flowers on Rhododendron yakushimanum. Unreal! Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Despite all the rain the pond levels are low. pond levels are low One of the Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’…

28th July

sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ has been slow to come fully out into flower in Kennel Close. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ (H. glabrata x H. sexstylosa) is…

9th September

…now full out. A hint of purple around the stigmas. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Plenty of flower buds on Polyspora longicarpa. Polyspora longicarpa Tristaniopsis laurina, the Water gum,…

10th August

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

7th March 1897 – 2020

sexstylosa by the Heligan toilets looks dead from cold. Some of ours do too. Totally dead or a cut back to reshoot? Too early to say. Hoheria sexstylosa Hoheria sexstylosa

19th October

…1990 hurricane in the same spot. Cercidiphyllum japonicum Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ with ripe and falling seeds. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ × Gordlinia grandiflora with buds opening. × Gordlinia grandiflora Zanthoxylum armatum…

8th January

…it Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ was not quite so lucky. Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ still with a full set of leaves. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ A good show of buds…

20th November

sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ only 8 weeks after flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Seed heads on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ are still green and unripe 4-6 weeks after flowering. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ 2022 –…

10th November

…growth. Styrax officinalis Lots of ripe seeds for Asia on Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Stewartia sinensis doing its best to compete. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisui’…

30th August

…Escallonia bifida Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ just coming out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Secondary new growth on a newly planted Acer calcaratum. Accer calcaratum Flower just coming out on Tom Hudson’s Callicarpa…

11th September

…the leaves on Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ are clearly hairy/ velvety. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Ilex cornuta with more fruits than I have…

6th September

…see good secondary new growth on Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’. Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’ Equally good secondary new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Our best Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ is…

31st August

…ancient Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ has just one flower. Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now nearly out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisu’ with…

28th August

…saccharinum First flowers just out low down only on Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ The wind has blown off piles of seed heads (all sterile) from Magnolia delavayi. piles…

27th July

sexstylosa. Weeks ahead of Caerhays. Hoheria sexstylosa Ventnor’s Acer pentaphyllum is the largest small tree of this rare species that I have ever seen. Much larger than the plants in…

31st March

…Rho martinium + aperantum tapetiforma Best value from Az Ostava (over) and Rho ‘Shamrock’ Hovel Cart Road- Survival rate very high Hoheria sexstylosa very vigorous Tom Hudson’s Acer triloba 648…

12th July

…of Amlwch’ just opening. This is H. glabrata x H. sexstylosa. It is the glabrata parentage which encourages this early flowering well before most of the other Hoheria species. Hoheria…