Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…the Flora of China the Tregrehan plant would be cuspidata var cuspidata and the Trewithen plants cuspidata var grandiflora. Presuming that the 2 Trewithen plants are species and not cuspidata…

8th October

…delavayi now full out. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Hoheria populnea at its best in the mist. Hoheria populnea Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ now in flower. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria…

10th July

…Hoboken’ Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ – not so scented today. Phlox ‘Cool of the Evening’ Dierama pulcherimum var. album which we stock but have never flowered in the nursery….

21st May

…cliffs alongside bluebells which were three weeks later into flower than ours. Scilla verna ‘Sea eagle and fish’ bronze in the garden. bronze Escallonia rubra var. macrantha – a wonderful…

4th April

…‘Pastel Sunset’ x Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Peter Borlase’ is as usual one of the very last campbellii forms to flower. Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Peter Borlase’ 2021…

20th August

var. formosana is making good headway. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ flowering high up. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Acer cappadocicum ‘Aureum’ with striking secondary new…

11th May

…ailanthifolia Acer truncatum var. barbinerve with unusual upright seedpods. Acer truncatum var. barbinerve Plenty of flower on Acer campestre in Old Park. Acer campestre A new plant in the nursery…

16th May

…subsp. fargesii var. fargesii (what a daft name!). It does not look like a holly so naming to confirm by Susyn here also. Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii Ilex…

5th July

var. corymbiflora ‘Kiftsgate’ Deutzia setchuenensis var. corymbiflora ‘Kiftsgate’ Deutzia setchuenensis var. corymbiflora ‘Kiftsgate’ 2023 – CHW Carpinus omeiensis omiense with its oddly distinct and droopy leaf formation. arpinus omeiensis omiense…

15th April

…erect habit and nicely unusual. Apparently there is now a true ‘red’ form in the USA. Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia officinalis var biloba Magnolia ‘Yellow…