2025 – CHW
Rhododendron megacalyx in the Aucklandii Garden.
Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’.
Styrax japonicus ‘Wespelaar’.
Aesculus wilsonii below Slip Rail.
Myoporum laetum flowering well. A plant that I have not seen in flower anywhere other than Ventnor Botanics.
Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ starting to flower properly.
Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’.
2024 – CHW
Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen show and AGM. We have never won this cup before. It was created in 2016 and has been won by Bodnant and High Beeches.
Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen show and AGM. We have never won this cup before. It was created in 2016 and has been won by Bodnant and High Beeches.
Hydrangea anomala subsp. anomala on the top wall. Planted in 2015 it is still only about 3-4 feet tall.
I could see the first few flowers on Hydrangea serratifolia on the top wall from my desk. When I get there they are already over.
Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ by the greenhouse.
The 14 plants bought from Crug Farm over the weekend are now safely installed and repotted at the greenhouse.
A replacement for our Ucodendron whartonii which died last year.
Eriobotrya elliptica var. petelotii (BWJ 16323).
Oreopanax glabrifolius (BSWJ 14728).
Debregeasia longifolia (BSWJ 11686) with very different leaves and habit to the ones seen at Tregrehan and Castlewallan.
Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421).
Schima argentea (15423) looks nothing like our existing plant of this name.
Euscaphis japonica (BSWJ 14600).
Skimmia anquetilia (male) – a completely new species.
Hydrangea luteovenosa (BSWJ 11524) just about over.
Tom Hudson’s gift of Quercus quercifolia with its attractive new growth.
Dicentra scandens full out.
I have been puzzled in the nursery as to what this plant was called. Leaves rather nettle-like. Now, finally, a flower on Canarina canariensis.
2023 – CHW
Six magnolias in flower today and a seventh just over. Who says the magnolia season is over by May?Kalmia latifolia ‘Snowdrift’ has been given more light and has responded well.
Six magnolias in flower today and a seventh just over. Who says the magnolia season is over by May?Kalmia latifolia ‘Snowdrift’ has been given more light and has responded well.
I have never seen Euonymus myrianthus flower as copiously as this all over the small tree. Outstanding!
The very last of the bluebells in full shade.
Last flowers on Michelia crassipes (as we bought it) – now M. laevifolia.
Sadly the original Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ which fell over last year has not been saved by re-propping it up. This came originally from Lees & Co. Nursery. Time to replace it in this key spot although we all thought it would be too tender for us. I have no doubt that the current dry spell (& last summer) has speeded up its demise.
I have missed the first flower on a young Magnolia macrophylla. This replaces the original tree which died/ fell over a year or two ago beyond George’s Hut. As I remember it we used to look for flowers much later in the year.
Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ well out in Tin Garden. This diary saw flowers on this plant last October.
Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ is not as good a ‘blue’ flower as M. ‘Woodsman’ and M. ‘Patriot’ which was out a month earlier. Odd and different!
Philadelphus satsuma (BSWJ 11004) – planted 2017. Less tall growing and vigorous than the other two species seen a week ago nearby in Kennel Close.
Magnolia x wieseneri well out.
Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ – some flowers over and some in tight bud.
Cotoneaster glomerulatus didn’t flower much or produce berries here last year.
Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ with plenty of bud to come.
Magnolia globosa just opening.
2022 – CHWAzalea ‘Jane Fire’ by the Four in Hand. A very late flowering variety.
Deutzia x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’ on the bank by the top lodge.
The first hydrangea into flower – as usual Hydrangea ‘Madame E. Mouilliere’.
Philadelphus coronarius and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’.
Cornus kousa var. chinensis and Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’.
Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’ newly planted in White Stiles.
Tail end flowers and berries forming on Cotoneaster flinckii.
And on Cotoneaster wilsonii.
Hemiptelia davidii with new leaf and vicious spines.
Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ just about fully out.
Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ outside the front gate flowering as you would expect from the proper original cross. Quite what this makes our wonderful ‘Yuchelia’ I know not but something got very wrongly labelled by Eisenhut 20 or more years ago.
Neil, Serena and Lamorna were at the Trooping of Colour and the flypast last Thursday as you can see before returning to quieter village life.
2021 – CHW
Cordyline australis in full flower.
Cordyline australis in full flower.
Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’
Agapetes serpens with flower buds in the Rockery. Planted in March.
Gladiolus communis appearing as a decent naturalised clump outside the front gate.
Syplocos paniculata in full flower.
Rhododendron ‘Olga’
Some Rhododendron decorum seedlings with a hint of pink in the flowers.
Still a few tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Daybreak’.
The barn conversions at White Stiles are nearing completion.
Crataegus dahurica in flower for the first time here.
Vallea stipularis flowering away.
Brassaiopsis dumicola with a flower bud.
Leaves and new growth on Viburnum furcatum.
A present of four new oak species from Thomas Methuen-Campbell.
Quercus tavoveensis
Quercus pinnatinenulense
Hydrangea quelpartensis on the top wall.
Sorbus dunnii in flower.
Thomas Methuen-Campbell was of the opinion that this could not be Quercus acuta. One to show Sue and Bleddyn from Crûg on Monday.
Thomas identifies this unnamed oak above Crinodendron Hedge as Quercus sessilifolia.
Catkins on Quercus kiukiangensis.
A flower bud or two on Magnolia sapaensis.
Rhododendron ‘Mrs J C Williams’
Neolitsea aciculata – a gift from TH.
Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ flowering properly for the first time. Easy to see the Magnolia tripetala parentage.
Viburnum setigerum now out.
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2021 With the new Quercus ta. the species name seems in disorder; the only similar oak I can find is Quercus tarokoensis from Taroko NP in East Taiwan. It grows on slopes, remains mostly shrubby.
Quercus acuta looks indeed different to what it should.
Quercus pi. shall be pinnativenulosa, an oak of the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
The cultivar Quercus ‘Maya’ (also from Mexico) is probably of bastard origin, but the female origin is clear. It has become a favorite of oak-enthusiasts and is successfully grown in CE, like its parent Quercus rysophylla, but fashions change.