…and some will soon drop. The bark is attractive on the new stems too. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690 – a wild collected…

…yunnanensis Stachyurus chinensis looking quite splendid (deciduous). Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus lancifolius also nicely in flower (deciduous). Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius Another Stachyurus yunnanensis or perhaps Stachyurus sigeyosii? No…

…its name! Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius First flowers on the newly registered Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’. Small and sparse this year against a drab sky. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Philip’ The…

…piperitum Stachyurus salicifolius ‘Fairy Tales’ now fully out in flower. Stachyurus salicifolius ‘Fairy Tales’ Sinojackia xylocarpa full out a month earlier than I would expect it. Slow growing and very…

…tree. A yellowish-white hue here outside and quite unlike the plant in the nursery photographed yesterday. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ still has some fruits amid the last…

…colour on the pruned back Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Stachyurus lancifolia has sprung open earlier than usual. Now renamed Stachyurus praecox var. matsuzakii according to Hilliers who say…

…Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690) is now a huge spreading shrub and, again, covered in flower. Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690) Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690) Magnolia ‘Bishop Michael’ has survived 48 hours…

…over seeding which it does every year. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Some good young plants of Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ with their first flowers at least that…

…deciduous Stachyurus lancifolius. Stachyurus lancifolius The Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden is at its best. Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden Magnolia campbellii by Tin Garden Magnolia campbellii and Camellia ‘Debbie’….

…& Michael. Styrax area uplifting Stachyurus macrocarpus (BSWJ 14678) is now rather splendid. Stachyurus macrocarpus (BSWJ 14678) Our largest Magnolia nitida appears to have died. An iconic Record Tree from…

…of this on the Rosemoor show bench yesterday. Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Magpie’ Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ is quite variable as to colour and the divisions in…

…2017 – CHW Plenty of seed on Stachyurus praecox on the drive. Very different in appearance to the racemes of seed on Stachyurus chinensis. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Secondary flowers,…

…chestnut branch down Still unripe seeds on Stachyurus salicifolius. Stachyurus salicifolius A very strudent cock pheasant which tried to drive me off his patch. cock pheasant Euonymus clivicolus from Roy…

…be beyond the reach of deer it is a different story as you can see. Why is it that deer find Stachyurus of all species so attractive? Stachyurus macrocarpus Stachyurus…

…the drive which had blown over. Berberis insigne Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ still splendid at Red Linney. Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’ Stachyurus praecox has very different colouring to Stachyurus…

…here than Stachyurus praecox. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis A good show on the clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ in Roger’s Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Secondary new growth emerging post drought…

…Carlyon’ Camellia ‘E T R Carlyon’ Camellia ‘E T R Carlyon’ A gigantic multi-stemmed Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Rhododendron ‘Minaura’ (minus x dauricum) an extraordinary colour…

…from Canada and off the plane with no coat. Raining and cold.Stachyurus praecox ‘Joy Forever’. S. praecox has shorter and chubbier flower tassels than Stachyurus chinensis. Flowering properly here for…

…was Stachyurus nitida with its shiny leaves from Mt Omei and not Stachyurus yunnanensis. Roy Lancaster thought this was Stachyurus nitida Michelia doltsopa at its splendid best. Michelia doltsopa at…

…all species of Stachyurus. Stachyurus macrocarpus (BSWJ 14678) Flowers on a young Osmanthus suavis. Osmanthus suavis Rehderodendron indochinense (BSWJ 12115) now flowering profusely well before the leaves appear. Buds in…