A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…Hydrangea indochinensis Hydrangea indochinensis Hydrangea indochinensis Hydrangea chinensis aff. Hydrangea chinensis aff Hydrangea chinensis aff Hydrangea chinensis aff Rhododendron nuttallii from Vietnam – the best plants I have ever seen….

31st March 1897 – 2020

…racemes of flowers are 3-4in long with 30 or so bell shaped flowers on each raceme. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis ‘Joy Forever’. This flowers…

9th October

…var. chinensis laden with smaller red fruits which are also falling. Cornus kousa var. chinensis Cornus kousa var. chinensis Cornus kousa var. chinensis This was planted as Sorbus sargentiana in…

25th May

…on enkianthus dated June 2011. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis is now full out (three plants) and looks about right. However there is another older…

27th May

…flower as usual. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Alba’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ plastered in bracts. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cutting back the deciduous azaleas to remove ivy…

30th May

…Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Styrax…

30th April

chinensis Maakia chinensis A carpet of sycamore flowers on the Main Ride after the rain. sycamore flowers Rhododendron ‘Corona’ is named after Corona North once from County Carlow in Eire…

30th April 1897 – 2020

…not think so! Staphylea holocarpa Maakia chinensis with its attractive silvery new growth. Maakia chinensis Maakia chinensis A carpet of sycamore flowers on the Main Ride after the rain. sycamore…

4th June

chinensis Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Crataegus schraderiana is finally out in flower. Flowers sit well with the white hue to the leaves which are attractive on their own. Crataegus schraderiana…

13th September

…bamboos below it (more later). Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis The two (of three planted 2009) Picea likiangensis have really taken off and are now well away. A vigorous species with…

19th October

…our plant with this name. Note the suckering well away from the main trunk. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis First poor flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’. Camellia…

25th February

…x emeiensis ‘Emei Shan’ Sarcococca bleddynii with flower and fruits. Sarcococca bleddynii Sarcococca bleddynii Aucuba chinensis? Is A. omeiensis really just a form of A. chinensis? Roy not sure. Aucuba…

7th May

…ground do look like Castanopsis. Castanopsis chinensis Castanopsis chinensis Next to it in slightly more wind exposure is Castanopsis sclerophylla (also 2008 planted). Also, leafless but with minimal dieback and…

8th June

…Leaf’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’ has yellow (not red) fruits which we can now look forward to as it flowers for the first time. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’…

10th June

…2015 – CHW A cornus hunt reveals:Cornus kousa var Chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’This plant was given to my father by Richard Carew-Pole when he was RHS president. Cornus kousa var chinensis

13th June

…kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Beautiful foliage on Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ now with…

25th September

…in black fruit as usual. Acanthopanax aff. sessiliflorus Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ with yet more secondary flowers. Two crops of these in reality. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Rhus chinensis just out in…

28th September

…Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Juglans ailantifolia with a ripening walnut or two. Juglans ailanthifolia 2021 – CHW After an extremely warm, dry and benign ‘Indian’ summer all through…

12th October

…confined to a few branches. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ has as good an…

25th October

…siliquastrum Autumn colours on Aesculus chinensis which have yet to blow away. Aesculus chinensis A real surprise! A flower out already on Camellia ‘Takanini’. Always early into flower but never…