2nd April

…forgotten Acer carpinifolium (the hornbeam maple) just leafing up and flowering the by the Red Linney. There is a younger upright growing plant above the greenhouses but I have never…

10th October

…which are browning and very nearly collectable. Rhododendron polyandron Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a large viable ripe oak seed. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus Lithocarpus pachyphyllus (an evergreen oak) with a…

7th May

…reference books? Carpinus heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ in bud and flower – just as good today as ‘Lois’? Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Newly planted…

24th April

…next week’s forecast.The pure white sport on Azalea ‘Greenway’ which Asia has propagated well in the greenhouse. Azalea ‘Greenway’ My father’s Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’ just about out. Rhododendron ‘Red Centurion’…

10th March

…cypress, Microbiota decussata, with its brown foliage. Corylopsis pauciflora Then a visit to Hayle to a farm which now produces compost from green waste collected by Cornwall Council’s green recycling…

22nd April

…will have turned green by Chelsea time in a month. Toona sinensi ‘Flamingo’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ in full flower and as good as I have seen it in flower. Malus…

11th November

…large tree. Huge pale green leaves. Indumented below, yellow flowers. April/May. CWT6336. Rhododendron excellens. Maddenia subsection. Forms a spreading shrub. Large, shiny bright green leaves. Long lily like, scented white…

25th April

…evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas semi evergreen / near evergreen azaleas Quercus lamellosa has suddenly shed all its old leaves – as it should now. I have…

17th February 1897 – 2020

…but it is pretty clear where to snip on the stems. hydrangeas by Green Gate hydrangeas by Green Gate The new lapageria planted outside my study window has made excellent…

9th March 1897 – 2020

greenery stripped from michelias and evergreen oaks by Georges Hut and the michelia flowers smashed up. 2015 – CHW LEUCOJUM vernum Leucojum vernum – Spring Snowflake – this attractive and…

17th October

…– CHW Asia has very cleverly spotted that what is labelled Lardizabala biternata in the greenhouse does not conform with a Google search. Although it does look quite similar until…

19th March 1897 – 2020

…The three 1928 michelias above the greenhouse are now believed ALL to be forms of Michelia doltsopa and not Michelia floribunda or Michelia champaca as had been suggested by others….

31st October

…full out above the greenhouse. A remarkable show in the sun. Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ 2017 – CHW Lots of buds still coming out on Magnolia…

24th February

…aurea ‘Koi’ Phyllostachys aureosulcata’Spectabilis’ Phyllostachys bambusoides’Castillonis Inversa’ Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Kew Beauty’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Magnolias just starting outside the back yard. Magnolias View 24th February 1897 – 2020…

11th October

…secondary new growth. Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Lithocarpus lepidocarpus Sycoparrotia semidecidua with bold yellow tints. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Acacia rhetinodes full flower in a tunnel. Acacia rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum…

26th July

…was taken at Kew. 2021 – CHW The north wind has split out an ash tree by Bramble Field Path. ash tree This Rhododendron maddenii is the last of our…

16th June

…can produce a definitive reference book with such poor and inadequate pictures beggars belief. Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ 1990 – FJW Hunt (Kew) here – Styrax fargesii in…

5th June

…on Hydrangea serratifolia on the top wall from my desk. When I get there they are already over. Hydrangea serratifolia Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ by the greenhouse. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile…

7th March

…grow? Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ This Quercus engleriana came from Kew in the 1920s according to the records. This species has just…

16th August

…A newly planted Celtis tetrandra although I am not convinced this is the tree photographed and described in New Trees. Originally a Wilson introduction to Kew in 1908 and then…