23rd February

…removed all the buds thinking they were dead. Droopy habit. Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chekiangoleosa Polyspora longicarpa (formerly gordonia) – gordonias are now limited to American species and polyspora are the…

24th February

…open and more to come. Rho lutescens is nice in particular one of the cut back plants. There have been flowers on the Gordonia all the winter. There are some…

13th June

…a cross between Eriobotrya deflexa and Rhaphiolepis (perhaps) umbellata. I have missed the flower which was light pink and rhaphiolepis like but the leaves look more like a gordonia to…