1st August

…this spring. An excellent upright growing and bushy form. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Likewise the first flowers actually…

24th July

…and branch structure is odd and irregular. Zelkova abelicea Hoheria sextylosa ‘Stardust’ with only a few flowers. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Stardust’ Eucryphia x hillieri ‘Penwith’ (E. lucida x E. moorei) flowering…

6th August

…x michauxii Pyrus x michauxii Hoheria angustifolia in full flower. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia Correa bachhousiana with its first two flowers out very early and loads of buds…

31st August

…ancient Magnolia salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ has just one flower. Magnolia denudata ‘Fragrant Cloud’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ now nearly out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisu’ with…

1st September

…out. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ in the same state. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Seed well formed on Styrax obassia. Styrax obassia Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is very…

25th October

…flower but never this early before. Normally December. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Hoheria populnea now full out and the best thing in the garden today. Hoheria populnea Maackia chinensis with some autumn…

20th November

…sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ only 8 weeks after flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Seed heads on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ are still green and unripe 4-6 weeks after flowering. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ 2022 –…

22nd October

…on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ First flower absurdely early, as it was last year on the same branch, on Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey…

6th September

…finally full out but all the Hoheria seem to be having a year off from flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Unripe seed on Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…sexstylosa by the Heligan toilets looks dead from cold. Some of ours do too. Totally dead or a cut back to reshoot? Too early to say. Hoheria sexstylosa Hoheria sexstylosa…

10th August

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

2nd November

…much amongst such distinct foliage but are a nice surprise in November. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ 1981 – FJW Vincent Curtis died – the best flower arranger of…

30th October

…with terminal infection in its trunk. snake bark maple Hoheria populnea rather closer to than we saw on the main tree last week. Hoheria populnea Hoheria populnea 2021 – CHW…

11th September

…the leaves on Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ are clearly hairy/ velvety. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Ilex cornuta with more fruits than I have…

9th September

…now full out. A hint of purple around the stigmas. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Plenty of flower buds on Polyspora longicarpa. Polyspora longicarpa Tristaniopsis laurina, the Water gum,…

24th August

…Eucryphia cordifolia 2017 – CHW I set off to photograph the hoherias but they prove not to be out – except Hoheria glabrata which is, as we know, over.A few…

7th August

…nearly as good (in August) as M. ‘Star Wars’. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Hoheria angustifolia was full out at Ventnor but only now just starting to show here. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia…

20th July

…Crataegus aprica Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ just coming out as a clump of three newish plants. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Snow White’ Malus x rockii with fruits forming….

18th July

…so huge that it drags the twig down. Araucaria bidwillii Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ full out and beautiful in Kennel Close. Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Secondary…

12th July

…of Amlwch’ just opening. This is H. glabrata x H. sexstylosa. It is the glabrata parentage which encourages this early flowering well before most of the other Hoheria species. Hoheria