30th May

…shed a lot of leaf in the cold in tunnels this spring. Tristaniopsis laurina Further confirmation that the flowers of Halesia macgregorii are quite small and less standout than other…

2nd August

…will try to photograph it each week. Cladastris kentuckea Fruits on Halesia monticola. Halesia monticola Aesculus parviflora has become a big spreading/suckering shrub after a slow start. Are these the…

24th October

…point of shedding. > Magnolia globosa Autumn colour and swelling seeds on Halesia macgregorii. Halesia macgregorii The usual fine and varied colouring on Rhododendron schlippenbachii. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Good colour on…

3rd November

…on Camellia x williamsii ‘St. Ewe’. Not quite the right colour yet. Camellia x williamsii ‘St. Ewe’ Halesia monticola putting on a fair show. Halesia monticola As is Cornus nuttallii…

13th November

…Avaxa Plants. – Alangium chinense – Comptonia peregrina – Daphniphyllum calycinum – Disporum smithii – Halesia car. Arnold Pink – Halesia diptera magniflora – Hovenia acerba – Illicium parviflorum Forest…

3rd December

…Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii) is late into leaf and late to drop too. Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group As is Halesia macgregorii. Halesia macgregorii Another Clethra pringleyi with flowers nearly over….

25th December

…on Halesia macgregorii but there are no seeds in them as far as I can see. Halesia macgregorii Blue indumentum on the undersides of Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ which, when fallen…

19th June 1897 – 2020

…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 in a…

16th May 1897 – 2020

…‘Assaye’ RHODODENDRON ‘Assaye’ HALESIA diptera Halesia diptera – this is a shrub with a twisted spreading habit and is said to be a shy flowerer. I have not seen this…

5th May 1897 – 2020

…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 profusely at…

9th May

…Yellow’. Halesia macgregorii with sparse flowers this year. 2024 – CHW The view from the entrance to the (Upper) Rockery today – stunning! The view from the entrance to the…

21st August

…prime. There was a dead halesia tree here 10 years ago and the long black tendrils of this fungus or phytophtera have probably been living on decaying roots before striking…

16th December

…leylandii burnt up but leaving Metasequoia ‘Amber Glow’ without its leader. I have no experience of how a Metasequoia will cope with this? Our only Halesia diptera has also been…

21st April 1897 – 2020

…before. Elsewhere less good as the Halesia are full out already as are the Enkianthus so not a chance of them making it even if moved into a cool spot…