8th May

Halesia macgregorii in flower. Fairly insignificant flowers which is a bit of a surprise for a Halesia. Perhaps they will develop? Halesia macgregorii First flowers on Rhododendron formosum which is…

2nd May

…Roy Lancaster could positively identify it. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Halesia monticola in full flower. Better flowers I think than Halesia carolina. Halesia monticola The presentation to Lionel…

13th May

…plants at Tregrehan. Halesia macgregori Halesia macgregori Azara dentata I think with its flowers shining in the evening sun. Very full of flowers this year and showing up well which…

1st January

…and thinking spring has come and time to mate. I fear they may yet be in for a nasty shock.Seed heads still cling onto a young Halesia macgregorii. The ones…

28th April

…deer nibbling. Fraxinus baroniana Halesia macgregori (one of three younger plants) already just in flower. Halesia macgregori Attractive reddish new growth on Polyspora speciosa (KWJ 12204) which is romping away…

16th May

…out but thriving and needs propagating. It is a Rhododendron calophytum x Rhododendron sutchuanense hybrid bred by JCW and registered by my father in 1963. RHODODENDRON ‘Assaye’ RHODODENDRON ‘Assaye’ HALESIA

3rd December

…into leaf and late to drop too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group As is Halesia macgregorii. Halesia macgregorii Another Clethra pringleyi with flowers nearly over. Clethra pringleyi First flowers high up…

5th May

…yunnanensis This plant of Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ is doing rather better than the other. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Halesia macgregori with its first flower. Another plant has flowered…

30th May

…squashed by a tree and the nursery plants shed a lot of leaf in the cold in tunnels this spring. Tristaniopsis laurina Further confirmation that the flowers of Halesia macgregorii…

19th June

…delavayi Unlike Ventnor botanic gardens Firmiana simplex simply will not grow outside here. Struggling into leaf still here. Firmiana simplex Halesia macgregorii with a good set of new growth. Flowers…