…named plants in the garden here. Fagus longipetiolata Fagus longipetiolata Ilex altaclarensis ‘Sunny Foster’ has an unusual appearance and is quite nice although who Foster was and why he felt…

…Williams PA Sent: 17 April 2020 13:52 To: ‘James Garnett’ Subject: RE: Magnolia martinii […] The Michelia doltsopa puzzle which I wrote about was mainly prompted by Maurice Foster who…

…species of Crataegus. Crataegus A touch of pink at the tips of the tepals on this flower of Magnolia globosa as you can see. Maurice Foster I believe has a…

…of Cornwall meeting of:– Meliosma cuneifolia – Maurice Foster’s collection No. MF97137 from Baoxing, Sichuan – Meliosma cuneifolia – Tom Hudson’s collection No. TH0G97 from Caojiam, Yunnan Also a plant…

…peculiar buds which look as though they have been frosted. We have a seed grown plant of this in the greenhouse. Maurice Foster grew this first in the UK and…

…late flowering Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ – a striking orange and the very last deciduous azalea to flower here. Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ Hypericum forrestii was a gift from Maurice Foster and…

…or were correctly named when we planted them? Betula dahurica ‘Maurice Foster’ appears to have died. All the name changes in Kenneth Asburner’s book have not helped but the original…

…Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Maurice Foster gave us Magnolia ‘Chindit’ which is a good new plant for us and this is safely potted on for planting out in…

…Ripening seeds on Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi This was planted as Camellia gigantocarpa and is flowering for the second time that we have seen. Maurice Foster has an interesting article…

…M. macclurei. The consensus after dinner was that M. macclurei was indeed the true species although neither Maurice Foster nor Tom Hudson had ever seen it in flower. They also…