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

…still greenish-yellow and much more rounded they do look like the seed heads in Koen Camelbeke’s article dated 16.10.11. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis This one is…

23rd February 1897 – 2020

…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…

12th June 1897 – 2020

…my time here as far as I can recollect. Nice buds which look a bit like Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis No flowers yet on…

22nd May

…ficoidea The old original Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis. Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis We had always thought this to be Ilex x altaclerensis ‘Camelliifolia’ but Susyn identifies…

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…

23rd March 1897 – 2020

…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….

8th July

…angle that it must soon fall over. Last year the seeds were sterile but Asia needs to try again later. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Scaffolding up…

5th August

…Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink…

19th September

…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 the frame. Did I…

14th May 1897 – 2020

…Windsor and others 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…

28th April

…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 Maackia hupehensis although hidden…

6th August

…improved with more light. Aesculus parviflora Aesculus parviflora 2018 – CHW Wonderful leaves and new growth on Dipteronia sinensis as a young multi-stemmed plant. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Rhododendron ‘Polar…

2nd December

…fruits and some still unripe ones. Fuchsia procumbens Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ in the nursery with good autumn colour. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ 2018 – CHW Rhododendron cinnabarinum appears…

2nd July 1897 – 2020

…flowering effect. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis The old leaves on the primroses are going yellow and have flopped down flat on the ground. Even in full…

5th June 1897 – 2020

…drive and at least one at Burncoose by the Tennis Court. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis There used to be a good group of Magnolia sieboldii sinensis here but…

13th May 1897 – 2020

…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 sinensis 2019 – CHW Arum…

12th May

…Saturday. Acer erianthum Magnolia sinensis in bud, flower, and as a whole, ancient tree. Magnolia sinensis Magnolia sinensis Magnolia sinensis Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchettii with its bronzy new growth and…

16th July

…it as that and confirm Stewartia sinensis as a fact rather than as a handed down name from the past. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis 2003 – FJW Rain came after…

25th August

…(as we used to call elm seed as children) seed on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria sextylosa nicely in flower below Donkey Shoe. Hoheria sextylosa Hedychium coronarium just out into…