23rd July

…today but is actually deciduous. A real novelty as a flower and more people ought to try this. Best on a hot sunny bank as here. Asimia triloba Asimia triloba

2nd July

…decent bark like this. Asimina triloba Asimina triloba Asimina triloba Maclura pomifera – Osage orange – as a small tree with some insignificant flowers and nasty prickles on the stems….

1st April

…Lindera triloba looking quite pretty but you could easily miss it. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba Brock and part of Nicky come between Rhododendron ‘Broughtonii’ and Tetrapanax papyifera which is just…

12th April

…very fine today. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ Lindera triloba nicely in flower with its new growth coming. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba Absurdly small flowers (about an inch across) on Magnolia…

8th May

…What an odd flower it is too. A wow at Chelsea perhaps if it lasts long enough. Asimia triloba Asimia triloba Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ may well make it for Chelsea…

2nd August

…times and has been out at Burncoose in late spring. Eucryphia moorei Lindera triloba is unmistakeable in leaf. Very attractive too. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba A young Podocarpus falcatus covered…

8th September

…combination with the leaves. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Pseudopanax with seeds. Pseudopanax with seeds Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ in full flower. Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’ Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie…

5th November

…in the lower walled garden but the tiny oranges were never quite edible. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa I had forgotten that we actually had Lindera triloba but here it is…

13th November

…existed. ‘Must get out more often’ but this is one of the joys of a garden like Caerhays. Asimia triloba Asimia triloba Jaimie has now finished the Donkey Shoe tidy…

25th December

…garden today is Lindera triloba. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba Rehderodendron kwangtungense is, with us, evergreen. Rehderodendron kwangtungense Acer sikkimense has fine colours today as well although falling quickly. Acer sikkimense…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…pauciflora subsp niptiophila Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp niptiophila Lindera triloba – out more fully than last year. I fear our large plant below Slip Rail has died. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba

16th November

…sinensis A young Stewartia pseudocamellia var koreana is not bad either. Stewartia pseudocamellia var koreana Pterostyrax triloba is however still green. Pterostyrax triloba Pterostyrax triloba Stewartia serrata is colouring as…

25th September

…Star’ No fruits at all this year on Asimina triloba. Asimina triloba Lots more dead Aucuba below Hardy and Berts Nursery. dead Aucuba Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’ has always looked sickly….

12th January 1897- 2020

…camellias a bit different. A good article in the yearbook of the International Camellia Society on camellias with variegated leaves this year. Camellia ‘Reigyoku’ Camellia ‘Reigyoku’ Camellia ‘Reigyoku’ Lindera triloba

22nd March

…for members to look at:-Lindera triloba has tiny flowers but grows into a sturdy upright multi-stemmed shrub. The autumn colour is better than the flowers. Lindera triloba Lindera sericea is…

16th August

…flowers on Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Lindera triloba – difficult to confuse this with any other species! Lindera triloba Lindera tonkinensis (FMWJ 13123) is another quick grower with very attractive…

11th August

…Asimina triloba but this flowers earlier in the year and the flowers have six lobes and not four as here. The individual leaves are not unlike the Asimina growing on…

26th September

…early autumn colours too starting to appear here and there. Asimina triloba has leaves which are nearly yellow as those on the Cladastris kentuckea. They go yellow then nearly white…

5th August

…really good Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ hidden away. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Euonymus wilsonii setting seed. Euonymus wilsonii Asimina triloba with only a few small flowers this year. Our two plants have…

12th September

triloba with its ghostly autumn appearance already. Asimina triloba Platycrater arguta nicely out. Platycrater arguta Euonymus phellomanus with pink seed capsules already. Euonymus phellomanus 2020 – CHW I had vaguely…