10th October

…like its leaves. These too are ready to gather. Staphylea trifoliata Styrax serrulatus has seeds which are green and only half swollen. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Styrax hemsleyanus which has…

8th October

…above Crinodendron Hedge) Styrax hemsleyanus (above Crino Hedge in new planting) Styrax officinalis (above Crino Hedge in new planting – one survivor from two planted?) Styrax shiraianus (Burns Bank –…

31st May

…serrulatus, Styrax hemsleyanus, Styrax hookeri. The hot weather seems to have slowed the others down and while a few flowers are out here and there the main rush is a…

25th June

…– JCW Styrax, Wilsonii Langleyense, Hemsleyanus the hybrid and Japonica are all nice. Diaprepes is in flower well. Magnolia parviflora fairly good and some hypoleuca buds. 1924 – JCW The…

17th October

…a terrible cock up in the early summer when I called these Styrax hemsleyanus in error. Quite a few times too but no one called me out. The bark colouration…

27th June

hemsleyanus and the Maddeni’s are the best thing. 1916 – JCW Daff seed has much of it come in. Henonis starts, Papa Gontier on Terrace hardly open. R maddeni is…

1st July

…The two flowers of Eriogynum very good. Some Mag parviflora and hypoleuca, also delavayi. 1924 – JCW The pink Moyesi, Styrax hemsleyanus, Discolor, and some Harrow hybrids are the best…

18th July

…and as much across. Just as floriferous as Styrax japonicus and rather more so than Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax wilsonii who hide their flowers in the foliage. Styrax serrulatus Styrax…

23rd July

…yet to flower but we may not have looked at the right time. Tom’s, after only 20 years, is too high up to see properly. Flower panicles like S. hemsleyanus

10th June

…been to shoot vigorously from the base. Note how different the bark colours are to Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax formosanus seen yesterday. This is clearly a spreading evergreen tree which…