24th November

…Seed heads on the record Trochodendron aralioides in Old Park. Trochodendron aralioides A good show on a young Photinia villosa var. coreana by the Dog Kennels. Photinia villosa var. coreana…

25th November

…formosanus is just turning yellow and the seeds are now ripe and starting to fall. Styrax formosanus var formosanus Styrax formosanus var formosanus Styrax faberi has largely fallen but there…

4th September

…within the tree. Only 10 years from planting. Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis Crataegus schraderiana ‘Fire Ball’ with its first berries. The only one of…

27th February

…mollicomata seedling A similar mature seedling of Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Rather better than ‘Blood Moon’! Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta First flowering at Caerhays of Rhododendron…

29th January

…new varieties bred by Longstock are now available in the nursery trade. We still offer the Nanho strain of supposedly dwarf growing buddleia but the US bred ‘Buzz’ varieties are…

29th February

…Splendour’ on the drive untouched by the gales. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ An elderly Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata on the drive just coming out. Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata…

28th July

…for too much shade have now died or been eaten. Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Zanthoxylum nepalense var. oxyphyllum Quercas suber blown over yet again. Wrong place for this too. Quercas…

29th July

…the sea. Lomatia fraseri Tetracentron sinense var. himalense (WJC 13618) is becoming interesting. The leaves are tiny in comparison to T. sinense and they are clustered much more closely together….

12th June

var. hayatiana. Styrax formosanus var. hayatiana Also on Styrax wuyuanensis. Styrax wuyuanensis 2020 – CHW Rhododendron auriculatum just out but very few flowers after two dry summers and little new…

22nd January

…williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ and the scent is good today. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ 2020 – CHW I looked at Magnolia campbellii var. alba ‘Strybing White’ last Sunday and there…