…base. Now splitting and fissuring to reveal different colours beneath. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Huge numbers of old seed pods remain on the S….

…sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis This one is labelled Stewartia monodelpha. No autumn colour but dry ripe seed heads with (also) five sections. No unripe ones so difficult…

…to see if they agree. The old plant still seeds prolifically. Magnolia sieboldii subsp sinensis Magnolia sieboldii subsp sinensis Magnolia sieboldii subsp sinensis The newly planted Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’…

…take some cuttings for Asia. Camellia sinensis var sinensis Camellia sinensis var sinensis Camellia sinensis var sinensis Camellia reticulata ‘Arch of Triumph’ is very fine. See how the flower shape…

…buds which look a bit like Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis No flowers yet on the nearby young Stewartia malacodendron which has very different leaves….

…enormous catkins all over the tree and the bark is just starting to peel nicely. Betula utilis ssp. albosinensis Betula utilis ssp. albosinensis Betula utilis ssp. albosinensis Betula utilis ssp….

…Solstice’ This is another record of the last surviving original Magnolia sieboldii sinensis with masses of flowers this year. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii…

…Magnolia sieboldii ‘Colossus’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Colossus’ Viburnum prunifolium with its first flowers. Viburnum prunifolium Magnolia sieboldii var. sinensis or, more realistically, a species in its own right – Magnolia sinensis….

Subject: M sinensis Dear Charles, Thanks for the very interesting pics of your sinensis. Attached two images showing the Windsor plant plus one of the Wilson herbarium specimens from Boston…

…alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Pieris very fine. Pieris Betula albo sinensis with catkins. Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ – a record tree….

…however to be going brown not pink! Carpinus fangiana Nor on Dipteronia sinensis. These are rather more attractive than the flowers. ‘Rabbits Money’ or ‘Elm-like’ in the context of Ulmus…

…what we have known here as C. sinensis on Burns Bank but this is a wide ranging species. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Seed heads on Illicium macranthum (BSWJ 11809) in…

…over. Last year the seeds were sterile but Asia needs to try again later. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Scaffolding up the towers for window painting next…

…which is still in tight bud. The way that the bark flakes is entirely consistent with this species. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis 2003 – FJW Catalpa duclouxii in…

…or summer magnolias to confirm that the garden is ‘over’! Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana now full out after its wind battering last week. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Magnolia…

…sinensis (now not M. sieboldii var. sinensis but a species in its own right according to the latest International Dendrology Society magnum opus on magnolias). Magnolia sinensis Outstanding new growth…

…on Burns Bank. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Wisteria sinensis and Mahonia japonica. Wisteria sinensis and Mahonia japonica 2023 – CHW Rhododendron johnstoneanum ‘Double Diamond’ looking a bit sick after the drought….

…Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Rhododendron polyandrum and Rhododendron crassum are very similar. The difference seems to be the contorted branch growth of polyandrum. Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron polyandrum Rhododendron griersonianum has…

…Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis There used to be a good group of Magnolia sieboldii sinensis here but they have been squeezed out by a much newer Lithocarpus pachyphyllus.Only…

…sinensis x virginiana nicely out with 30 to 40 buds and flowers today. Worth a proper name I think. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Our…