A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…a trio. Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group…

1st July

…Propagate at once! Hydrangea chinesis ‘Golden Crane’ Hydrangea chinesis ‘Golden Crane’ Hydrangea chinesis ‘Golden Crane’ Hydrangea chinesis ‘Golden Crane’ 2020 – CHW A very fine self-sown buddleia above The Fish…

23rd June

…please. Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Tilia amurensis from Chollipo. Tilia amurensis Seedpods forming nicely for Asia to gather…

28th June

…ago. Spot on today!Newly planted Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 1244) flowering for the first time above the sales point. Very dainty! Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala…

4th March

…Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Talavera’. Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Talavera’ Rhododendron Golden Oriole Group – ‘Talavera’ Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ with another ‘pudding’ underneath (Nicky). Magnolia ‘Plum Pudding’ Camellia…

30th June

…milling equipment Solar panels were providing 50% of the electricity needed to run the site today. Solar panels Sir William Caws stands below an ancient crane in Cowes on the…

8th February

…melanoxylon 2019 – CHW A huge elderly Magnolia campbellii seedling coming out in the mist above Crinodendron Hedge. Magnolia campbellii seedling A newly planted (November) Camellia ‘Fiesta Crane’ with its…

22nd September

…Rockery for this next spring. Lysionotus aff. kuangensis Lysionotus aff. kuangensis Lysionotus aff. kuangensis Ziziphus jujuba struggles here and has only grown to around 10 feet in the 35 years….

13th August

…Knapweed? Centauria scabiosa Centauria scabiosa Ranunculus acris, Meadow Buttercup, with a geranium like leaf. Ranunculus acris Ranunculus acris 2019 – CHW A few wild flowers out on a dry south…

20th April

…The very rare Symplocos aff. sumuntia (previously believed to be S. glomerata) now in full flower. Symplocos aff. sumuntia Symplocos aff. sumuntia First flowers out on a clump of young…