…flowers on show and very pretty they are too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group Tiny flowers on Ilex yunnanensis which I first saw at Rosemoor. Ilex yunnanensis Ilex yunnanensis Styrax japonicus…

…and some will soon drop. The bark is attractive on the new stems too. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690 – a wild collected…

…this at Rosemoor. Odd that it was not grown here before as far as I can see. Ilex yunnanensis Ilex yunnanensis This plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather…

…other than an Ilex – myrtle? Much larger white flowers than the tiny cream ones seen recently on Ilex yunnanensis here. Ilex yunnanensis var. parvifolia Ilex yunnanensis var. parvifolia Photinia…

…another new entry today for the 2023 catalogue. Good plants of the very rare Machilus yunnanensis. Machilus yunnanensis Machilus yunnanensis Other things looking good at the nursery today:- – Tibouchina…

…digger to remove the stump now. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Galanthus elwesii now full out. Galanthus elwesii Hydrangea lobbii has, not unexpectedly, caught a…

…Worcester College reunion Worcester College reunion A young Osmanthus yunnanensis in flower properly for the first time. Now the record tree of this species has been pollarded good to see…

…Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis A solitary and absurdly late flower on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’. This is the third Michelia seen with odd flowers still out in the last week….

…in full flow by The Hovel. Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ Stachyurus yunnanensis with its evergreen foliage burnt off in the cold but still with plenty of flowering tassels. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus…

…but doubts remain) nearly over. Odd flaking on the bark where the side branches have grown out from the main stem. Polyspora yunnanensis Polyspora yunnanensis Polyspora yunnanensis Perhaps the second…

…cleistocarpus Itea yunnanensis in full flower with incredibly long flower tassels against a wall. Far better than Itea ilicifolia when you see it like this. Itea yunnanensis Itea yunnanensis Itea…

…thing of the past. Rhododendron sinogrande Sycopsis yunnanensis is genuinely an evergreen. Sycopsis yunnanensis Sycopsis yunnanensis Sycopsis yunnanensis Peumus boldus in full flower. Peumus boldus 2024 – CHW Another storm…

…mote Another of Maurice Foster’s Hydrangea aspera introductions. Hydrangea aspera Seed on Camellia yunnanensis. Camellia yunnanensis seed We saw one more species of Meliosma with gigantic leaves as a large…

…var. fraxinifolium Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis. I wonder if it really is true to name? Nothing like S. hookeri really. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax americanus – Kankakee form –…

…Fokienia hodginsii Parkameria yunnanensis – in the Magnolia nitida category. Parkameria yunnanensis Parkameria yunnanensis Parkameria yunnanensis Michelia velutina has long pointed leaves but ‘not in the top 10 by flower’…

…I said a couple of days ago Michelia ‘Allspice’ is now just out. Michelia ‘Allspice’ As is the impressive Michelia yunnanensis ‘Summer Snowflake’. Michelia yunnanensis ‘Summer Snowflake’ First leaves showing…

…optimism. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis The old Litsea glauca suddenly died about six years ago but already several roots near the surface have produced a clump of new…

…below Hovel Cart Road and a decent young plant now getting away after deer nibbling above the Magnolia x veitchii. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis To my surprise the garden clearly…

…not. I wonder what the history of this is? Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Cornus iberica in full flower. Cornus iberica Cornus iberica The equally dull (and looking very…

…of the tree so it was vulnerable. This was a 1991 planted tree and another very short lived acer. fallen acer tree fallen acer tree Flowers on Camellia yunnanensis grown…