9th May

…It is not in ‘New Trees’. Another ‘something’ dendron! Purple undersides to the new leaves. Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Persea japonica – new growth on our…

13th January

whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii As we saw earlier the base of the largest Daphniphyllum macropodum is now completely rotten and the plant is turning yellow. This is…

25th April

…garden at Llanfair Court in Monmouthshire. It seeds prolifically. Cercis siliquastrum 2019 – CHW Ucodendron whartonii is now full out. Ucodendron whartonii Ucodendron whartonii Michelia foggi ‘Jack Fogg’ just coming…

18th April

…still out in mid-April. Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Ucodendron whartonii (I still prefer to call it this) just into flower. Ucodendron whartonii Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ just out as…

20th April

…a mix of griffithianum and arboreum? huge ‘blowsy’ rhododendrons huge ‘blowsy’ rhododendrons Another flower or two on Ucodendron whartonii. Ucodendron whartonii Rhododendron mengtszense collected by Alan Clarke with his collector’s…

29th June

…Manglieta TH6438 Magnolia/ Manglieta TH6438 Our Uocodendron whartonii has died in the drought. Asia may have propagated? Uocodendron whartonii One drought death in our young clump of rhododendron williamsianum. rhododendron…

9th April

…the tepals is hard to see here. Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Ucodendron whartonii with its witch hazel flowers for, I think, the third or fourth year at Caerhays. We are…

1st June

…Bleddyn is here for the record.Ternstroemia gymnathera Rhederodendron ichangensis Acer leptaphlebium Lindera angustifolia Polyspora axillaris Ucodendron whartonii Magnolia crassifolia Rhodelia aff henryi Magnolia foveolata Rhederodendron kwangtungense Rhoiptelea chiliantha Polyspora speciosa…

9th November

…flowers we have ever seen here on Disanthus cercidifolius. Tiny and I had thought to expect these in the spring. Very similar to Disanthus ovatifolius (previously Uocodendron whartonii) which proves…

22nd July

whartonii). Slow in this heatwave. Disanthus ovatifolius Magnolia lotungensis is getting away well with excellent new growth. Magnolia lotungensis Clethra mexicana looking well but no flowers yet. Clethra mexicana Firmiana…