…far, avoided anything other than pleading with us to ‘obey’. The Chinese saw it rather differently with armed authority and the Italians are showing that dictatorial powers are alive and…

…exposed and in the way. Conversely another bit of Chinese plant collecting history bites the dust. Rhododendron hookeri Rhododendron hookeri Country Life appears today with Caerhays on the front cover…

…seen there last year were the same. Hilliers say that S. tutcheri is in fact Distylum racemosum but admits to the fact that Chinese forms may be different from those…

…Chinese book on Species of the Genus Camellia (coedited by Dr Clifford Parks) it is still very hard to make sense of the descriptions. This plant was supposedly collected by…

…on two ‘Chinese lantern trees’ as we used to call them as children when collecting seeds with Dad. Properly ‘bladder nuts’ of course!Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea pinnata…

…winters. Keviock clearly manage them rather better in Scotland and their stand was a treasure trove of Chinese alpines.This is Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi and the rather tiny Primula reidii…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Roy Lancaster’s wild collected Chinese rose died a few years ago in…

…which is about to be broadcast on Chinese prime time national TV. What could be more topical!The Chinese film crew were here about a year ago. Too late for the…

…been near to to report your COVID symptoms. The Big Brother is watching fraternity and the civil liberties people will hate that and claim Chinese style state control. All nonsense…

…stunning as a tight clump. Azalea ‘Melina’ Rhododendron ‘Temple Belle’, a williamsianum hybrid which we obtained as cuttings from just inside the gate of the Chinese garden at Werrington. Rhododendron…

…either of our plants. Hilliers says that this is the Chinese form of Distylium racemosum which I have seen in flower in the nursery and which does have similar flowers….

…Old Park. These were mainly new species to Caerhays and some are replacements for species which have died of old age. All were grown from wild collected Chinese seed by…

…and paid for on their various Chinese expeditions up to 1932.   Garden Diary JC had no interest atall in publicising his garden or his considerable work hybridising the new…

…by the sales point. This plant was a seedling from the original in the Chinese garden at Werrington. There are two at Burncoose. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis First…

…with fruits yet again this year. Cladrastis sinensis, the Chinese yellowwood, still with leaf. Its American cousin has been leafless for weeks. Cladrastis sinensis Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ may not…

…that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus 2015 – CHW Schefflera taiwaniana has seed pods…

…flowered here this year and the email correspondence between Tom Hudson, Dick Figlar and the Chinese as to its true identity. We seem to be still no closer to knowing…

…from the Werrington Chinese Garden plant list. It may well be Pyrus pashia. pyrus pyrus 2015 – CHW Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry) on the lawn still has some leaves but the…

…ripening. 2015 – CHW A new Chinese species to Caerhays awaits planting next spring. Liquidamber acalycina only came to the UK in the early 1980s. It has easily recognisable large…

…sitting in the mainly Chinese Cotoneaster species collection but that will puzzle a few plant experts one day. Hardy say Hilliers. Myrceugenia ovata var. nannophylla Myrceugenia ovata var. nannophylla Cotoneaster…