18th May

…by Hovel Turning is Tilia x moltkei). Tilia miqueliana Tilia miqueliana Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ – planted 2009. Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia heterophylla (now Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla)…

22nd June

…subsp. heterophylla Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Styrax faberi just coming out. Styrax faberi Ilex kingiana with berries already setting. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Jaimie and Michael just back from the…

22nd August

…just developing a pink tinge. Sorbus gonggashanica Tilia heterophylla has the most enormous leaves on a young plant. Tilia heterophylla Tilia heterophylla I had always thought this tree was Persea…

6th May

heterophylla f. laciniata Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla f. laciniata Fagus longiopetiolata just in leaf. Fagus longiopetiolata Fagus longiopetiolata Salix fargesii is covered in catkins and lots of long red-stemmed new…

21st June

…flower this year and well behind the styrax. Stewartia pseudocamellia The simply gigantic leaves on Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla (syn. monticola). Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Compare…

27th June

…Sollya heterophylla growing outside in a sheltered spot at the Grimaldis’ house in Bembridge. Sollya heterophylla Sollya heterophylla Rosa ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Rosa ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Rosa ‘Chinatown’ Rosa ‘Chinatown’ The rose…

19th July

heterophylla (syn. Tilia monticola) with enormous secondary growth new leaves. Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla The dwarf Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ with white secondary growth and mottled older…

20th July

…the hottest areas. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’ The best Sollya heterophylla I have ever seen growing outside is still doing well. Sollya heterophylla Sollya heterophylla A big rhododendron…

15th May

…young leaves. Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ Crataegus aestivales – the eastern Mayhaw, from Alabama, Florida and Virginia making a decent tree. Crataegus aestivales Crataegus aestivales Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla was a…

30th May

…Boronia heterophylla not quite fully out yet. A useful stockplant to supply Burncoose. Boronia heterophylla Asia’s successful propagation of Camellia kissii from cuttings (ex Tregrehan). Camellia kissii Also Camellia parvilimba…