9th April

…Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron martinianum which has died out at Caerhays. Rhododendron martinianum Rhododendron wardii – the best yellow species? Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron rex ssp rex –…

5th October

wardii Sorbus wardii The first ever flower here on Schefflera rhododendrifolia. The small tree is now almost about 15 feet tall and the flower is within the new growth at…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…uva-ursi Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Gaultheria wardii from Yunnan also about to show nearby. Gaultheria wardii Gaultheria wardii Ilex dimorphophylla in a rockery. It is not a rockery species! Ilex dimorphophylla Magnolia…

30th July

…Gaultheria wardii Gaultheria wardii Cephalotaxus fortunei with ripening fruit which we have grown successfully in previous years. We only have one female small tree which was planted in 2009 along…

26th April

…forwarding to Adrian Agley re dead New Zealand acers)Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ now full out in all its glory. Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in…

2nd May

…‘Hawk Crest’ (wardii x ‘Lady Bessborough’ 1940) ‘Hawk Crest’ (wardii x ‘Lady Bessborough’ 1940) ‘Gibraltar Bastion’ (‘Bibbani’ x elliottii 1939) ‘Gibraltar Bastion’ (‘Bibbani’ x elliottii 1939) ‘Ayesha’ (discolor x arboreum…

31st August

…already but covered in fruit. Sorbus gonggashanica Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Sorbus wardii with not many berries this year and…

9th September

…Taiwania cryptomeria Taiwania cryptomeria Seed heads forming but not yet ripe on our ancient Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinum wardii. Susyn Andrews needs ripe seeds to determine which naming is correct….

9th October

…Ripe and dropping fruits now on Sorbus wardii. Sorbus wardii The last day of the secondary grass cutting in Kennel Close and the garden as a whole. secondary grass cutting…

9th August

…on Sorbus wardii. Sorbus wardii The label on this magnolia has been lost but it is clearly a form of Magnolia kobus. Secondary flowers here and there again this year….

3rd September

…of the escapees from the mink farm in St Austell. Now we have something even worse! Susyn Andrews can now identify this ancient clump of Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinium wardii

23rd November

…‘Wallaby’ 2021 – CHW A brief visit to Burncoose for several meetings.Sorbus wilsoniana by the garden entrance (or is it Sorbus wardii? Cannot remember without checking). Sorbus wilsoniana Camellia ‘Takanini’…

2nd October

…turn from orange to red later? Or is it Cotoneaster wardii or Cotoneaster sternianus? Perhaps just the very common Cotoneaster conspicuus (red berries) introduced by Kingdom Ward in 1925. Its…

27th September

…his 1912-14 expedition so it might well have grown here before. It is often misnamed as Cotoneaster franchettii or Cotoneaster wardii although I am doubtful as to why when I…

20th February

…paxii: Blue undersides to leaves Acer sacchorum subsp. skutchii: Mexico Acer wardii Actinidia rubrifolia var. coriacea: Red flowers Betula calcicola: Dwarf shrub curled and furry/hairy new growth Betula skvortsovii Betula…

31st July

…Acer rufinerve in frame 2 of Mag globosa 1 of Acer wardii 4 of Michelia nitida Several Enkianthus roseflorus 1906 – JCW Very little but roses open and the Romneya….

15th June

…thinks that this ancient gaultheria on Rookery Path opposite the Rhododendron falconeri is Gaultheria hookeri (Vaccinum wardii). Gaultheria hookeri Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’ is nearly over. Rhododendron ‘Tally Hoo Group’…

10th May

…‘Saffron Queen’ Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ flowering sparsely. (Rh. wardii x Rh. williamsianum). Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ The fir tree which fell above Red Linney took out Phellodendron amurense var. sachalinense. I wonder if…

16th April

…new rhododendron species to us – Rhododendron litiense with delicate yellow bell flowers. It is apparently a form of wardii-litiense group say the taxonomist boffins. Rhododendron litiense Rhododendron litiense The…

9th March 1897 – 2020

…dahuricum x semperivens, dahuricum, lutescens, keiskii, a form of wardii, floccigerum forms and neriiflorum.1922 – JCW A hardish frost. Some Sutchuenense seedlings are nice. Prunus conradinae very good, scarlet hybrids…