30th July

…‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ – not yet out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ (H. glabrata x H. sexstylosa) Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’…

22nd August

…the tree. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ flowerless this year but the 3 plants are looking fit. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Tilia kiusiana flowering nearly over for this…

28th July

…a client? 2023 – CHW Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ has been slow to come fully out into flower in Kennel Close. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’…

25th August

…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 in the Kitchen Garden….

20th September

…pond levels are low. pond levels are low One of the Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ which David Knuceky planted along the edge of the pond. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ The new planting…

9th September

…of still unripe seeds. Sorbus dunnii Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now full out. A hint of purple around the stigmas. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Plenty of flower buds on…

10th August

…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 away well and enjoying the…

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

27th July

…this year and that had finished flowering already.Solanum laciniatum (white form) as its absolute best today. Solanum laciniatum (white form) I spy the first flowers out on Hoheria sexstylosa. Weeks…

26th August

…‘Elizabeth’ A drought struck and dead Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii A rather better Hoheria sexstylosa covered in bees. Hoheria sexstylosa 2024 – CHW Last flowers on Clematis uncinata. Clematis uncinata…

28th August

…huge tree. Acer 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…

30th August

…– CHW Escallonia bifida just out in flower. Escallonia bifida Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ just coming out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Secondary new growth on a newly planted Acer calcaratum. Accer calcaratum…

31st August

…‘Fragrant Cloud’ has just one flower. Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now nearly out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisu’ with berries rapidly turning red. Well worth Asia…

6th September

…forrestii ‘Forest Flame’ Equally good secondary new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Our best Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ is finally full out but all the Hoheria seem to be having…

11th September

…are clearly hairy/ velvety. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Ilex cornuta with more fruits than I have ever seen before. They will turn…

19th October

…Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ with ripe and falling seeds. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ × Gordlinia grandiflora with buds opening. × Gordlinia grandiflora Zanthoxylum armatum (NJM 1108) has slightly fallen over perhaps due…

10th November

…still in full leaf and with lots of secondary new growth. Styrax officinalis Lots of ripe seeds for Asia on Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Stewartia sinensis doing its…

20th November

…seed on Hoheria 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…

8th January

…Camellia japonica ‘Nobilissima’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ still with a full set of leaves. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ A good show of buds on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’…

12th July

…gale is clearly not going to reshoot. Acer morifolium Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ just opening. This is H. glabrata x H. sexstylosa. It is the glabrata parentage which encourages this…