A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…stocks it. Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Castanea mollissima Fraxinus floribunda with huge leaves. Himalayan. Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Fraxinus floribunda Quercus lineata from Burma untouched by the ‘Beast’. Quercus lineata…

25th June

…drive.Stephanotis floribunda in the sun lounge is superb but the mealy bug are creeping up from the bottom. Stephanotis floribunda Stephanotis floribunda Stephanotis floribunda This unknown rose was clearly rather…

27th April

floribunda DIPELTA floribunda DIPELTA floribunda The view from Georges Hut today. View from Georges Hut And the view down the path from Donkey Shoe with Azara dentata at the back….

4th May

…oak. Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus floribunda Quercus libanerris – interesting bark. Quercus libanerris Quercus libanerris A mature Quercus trojana. The International Dendrology Society gave us a plant of this…

3rd May

…it looks a daft place to have planted it. MICHELIA floribunda The mature Michelia floribunda has a branch laden down with flower which is close enough to photograph properly. The…

28th April

…At issue is the variation in the forms of Michelia doltsopa and whether the big plant here of Michelia floribunda is actually that species. From: James Garnett Sent: 16 April…

20th June

…I must send the pictures to Tom Hudson for a further opinion. Very nice indeed though. Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ just coming…

15th July

…will see but it must be eight to ten years old already. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa This is labelled Magnolia aff floribunda var tonkinense and is a Crug wild collected…

29th October

…Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Immense late growth on Rhododendron griersonianum. Rhododendron griersonianum Ladder and pole pruners colleting seed on Michelia floribunda. Ladder and pole pruners Michelia floribunda seeds still not quite ripe….

24th June

…on Rookery Path which is labelled S. bumalda but is probably a hybrid with S. colchica. Staphylea bumalda Dipelta floribunda with seed capsules. Dipelta have short but spectacular lives. Dipelta…