23rd June

…have when the flowers are fully out. We should have the lot according to the planting records but I am doubtful. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia Picrasma…

19th July

…Rhododendron kiyosumense The Meliosma oldhamii flowers are so heavy that they have broken off a side branch from the tree. Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii…

11th July

…plants out and some not. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Seedheads forming on a youngish Meliosma veitchiorum for the first time. Meliosma veitchiorum Illicium henryi in full flower but hidden away. Masses…

11th August

…Still some dieback from last winter evident here and there. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis I see in ‘New Trees’ that the original Meliosma pungens (Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens) which had…

4th May

…myriantha was a totally unknown species which needs checking in New Trees as it will probably have been renamed. A small tree with black bark. Meliosma myriantha Meliosma myriantha Meliosma

18th October

…an unknown Meliosma species is producing interesting secondary autumn new growth. unknown Meliosma species unknown Meliosma species unknown Meliosma species Abutilon ‘Orange Hot Lava’ about to go to the nursery…

27th May

…veitchiorum in full flower. Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum Meliosma veitchiorum This Pinus insignis will shed more branches very soon. Pinus insignis You can just see a few tail end Michelia…

11th May

…wattiana Crataegus wattiana Crataegus coombei (?) with flower. Crataegus coombei Crataegus coombei Two pictures of Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma beaniana) kindly sent from Borde Hill. They hope to send us…

22nd November

…Hudson tell me this is now in fact Meliosma yunnanensis despite it being pungens since it was introduced to the UK 100 or so years ago. Meliosma pungens Myrsine divaricata…

5th August

…itself and reshooting vigorously from its main trunk from the base to the top of the tree. No sign of seeds or flowers this year. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Zanthoxylum…