…related to Zelkova. Totally hardy, a shrubby tree with spine tipped branchlets and small yellowish-green fruits. Introduced from Korea/China in 1908.Also on the Pavia list were up to 50 species…

…Contoneaster rhytidophyllus Cotoneaster thimphuensis still completely green. Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster hillieri was rated second best in berry last year but only now just turning. We have two plants…

…An unnamed evergreen symplocos species. Not Symplocos dryophylla but not that different. unnamed evergreen symplocos Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’ still putting on a good show six to eight weeks after first…

…but with a few branches reverting to green. Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ Below 4-in-Hand this clump of rhododendrons came from Trewarthenick are were, I am told, bred there. No name! clump…

…proceeds below Tin Garden. Laurel cutting Neolitsea aff. polycarpa fronts a good display of unnamed Camellia x williamsii. Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Rehderodendron kwangtungense (WWJ 11940) appears to be evergreen? No…

…‘Leonard Messel’ First flowers on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ as early as usual. Just the odd branch. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ Some magnolias still entirely green and in full leaf. Some magnolias…

…japonica ‘China Doll’ Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ Magnolia x veitchii above the Green Gate. His was an open pollenated seed from the Chollipo Arboretum in South Korea. Magnolia x veitchii…

…making a nice clump in Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’, also in Tin Garden, is quickly making a good sized shrub. Deutzia calycosa ‘Dali’ Deutzia calycosa…

…decrepid but much new growth and rejuvenation of late. The original 1920(ish) Magnolia campbellii at Tregothnan Acer sempervirens (A. creticum) as a large tree with a semi evergreen habit and…

…and recently planted three “white” Greenway at Tin Garden. Azalea ‘Greenway’ Then to Burncoose for staff meetings and photography. With no public in the nursery a KPK carpenter is mending…