5th October

…pontica also with fruits for the first time here. Crataegus pontica Crataegus pontica Sorbus wardii with small clusters of 2-5 yellow/ orange fruits. Sorbus wardii Sorbus wardii The first ever…

9th April

…Caerhays. Rhododendron martinianum Rhododendron wardii – the best yellow species? Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron rex ssp rex – yet another big leaf. Rhododendron rex Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp xanthocodon ‘Purpurellum…

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…

26th April

…Telopea ‘Shady Lady White’ Sorbus wardii in full flower. Sorbus wardii Disaster with the 500 or so Acer palmatum varieties which arrived, as usual, from New Zealand last July. Quite…

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…

9th August

…tissue culture plants) nicely out despite some drought dieback and damage from the last two summers. Rhododendron auriculatum Seed setting here and there on Sorbus wardii. Sorbus wardii The label…

9th September

…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. Both plants very similar!…

23rd November

…it Sorbus wardii? Cannot remember without checking). Sorbus wilsoniana Camellia ‘Takanini’ in the nursery is, as it should be, a double dark rich red. The plants outside at Caerhays shown…

15th June

…Andrews 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…

3rd September

…clump of Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinium wardii with these pictures of the seed heads. Gaultheria I suspect. The ancient plant is half dead from the drought. Gaultheria hookeri Gaultheria hookeri…