7th January 1897- 2020

…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….

9th November

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…

14th May

…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’ are flowering…

23rd February

…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 changes and increases…

12th June

…can recollect. Nice 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…

13th May

…Magnolia ‘Summer 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

23rd March

sinensis with catkins. Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Betula albo sinensis Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ – a record tree. Most leaves blown off. Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ Quercus nigra ‘Beethoven’ Quercus…

5th April

…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….

Email from Maurice 1/6/2016

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…

19th September

…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…