25th June

crassifolia come from Ecuador. Magnolia fansipanensis comes from North Vietnam’s tallest mountain. If you are still confused so am I!] Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ was…

2nd June

…leaves is good too. This is one of a few of the newer evergreen oaks which we all should be growing. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Pterostyrax…

20th June

…a perfect rockery plant to grow perhaps with Fuchsia procumbens? Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Stewartia pteropetiolata is just coming out. Still plenty of flowers to follow….

14th April

…Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’. The ‘touch’ soon fades! Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Nice new growth on Magnolia crassifolia (FMWJ 13163). Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia

21st June

…try for this in our 2018 catalogue. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The sycamores are setting a plentiful crop of seed very early in this 10 day long heatwave….

30th June

…flowers of which only one still on the tree (+ 1 bud). Again much like M. insignis although the leaves are a bit different. Magnolia crassifolia (MWJ 13163) Magnolia crassifolia

4th July

…have formed before but never swollen up. Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus Lithocarpus variolosus Quercus crassifolia seems to be getting away quite nicely. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia

7th January

…Magnolia crassifolia (FMWJ 13163) Magnolia crassifolia (FMWJ 13163) Daphniphyllum oldhamii (CWJ 12351) with flowers. Daphniphyllum oldhamii (CWJ 12351) Daphniphyllum oldhamii (CWJ 12351) Ternstroemia aff. chapaensis (WWJ 11918) deer nibbled but…

20th November

…on Datura sanguinea in November! Datura sanguinea Berries on a new species of lonicera to us – Lonicera crassifolia which is clearly evergreen. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia Autumn tints on…

20th September

…Magnolia crassifolia Magnolia crassifolia 2015 – CHW topgrafted Sorbus reducta The topgrafted Sorbus reducta has produced a nice display of white flushed pink berries in small clusters on the tips…

29th July

…new growth just emerging from the top of the small, young tree. Quercus crassifolia Quercus crassifolia Seed clusters starting to form on Lithocarpus variolosus with plenty of male flowers all…

1st July

…Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Lonicera crassifolia The conversion of the Hovel barns nears completion but now Western Power cannot connect both properties with electric on time! COVID of course but just…

23rd April

…– the largest I have seen in full sun. Presumably close to its first flowering. Carrieria calycina Carrieria calycina Quercus crassifolia – not looking too evergreen. Nice bark. Quercus crassifolia

11th February

…morning alone. The telehandler unloads a lorry The telehandler unloads a lorry Berries on Lonicera alseuosmoides which I have seen before. Lonicera alseuosmoides Black berries on Lonicera crassifolia which I…

21st April

…(BWJ 8091) New growth on Quercus acerifolia. Quercus acerifolia And on Weinmannia trichosperma. Weinmannia trichosperma Deutzia crassifolia from Tom Hudson. Deutzia crassifolia Comptonia peregrina now in full leaf. We saw…

9th June

…a self-sown sycamore to kill them off before grubbing out later.Quercus crassifolia killed by deer. Quercus crassifolia Quercus insignis is growing on reasonably well after some dieback in the cold….

28th June

…Lonicera crassifolia continues to do well on the dead tree stump at the 4-in-Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Rhododendron ‘Moser’s Maroon’ just about surviving the heatwave. Rhododendron ‘Moser’s Maroon’ A splendid carpet…

1st August

…japonica Deer damage (and recent) to the trunk of a young Quercus crassifolia. Infuriating and always the rarest things. Quercus crassifolia A nice show of Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ in the…

3rd September

…Magnolia crassifolia. Magnolia crassifolia Nearby Podocarpus brassii which was a gift from Tom Hudson. Podocarpus brassii Coprosma grandifolia in flower may not set the world alight but is certainly unusual….

7th April

…from the show including Illicium ‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show…