9th August

…Eucryphia pinnatifolia over. Nymansii v good. Several bits of mountain Rhododendrons – a good deal of rain. Magnolia delavayi still many flowers, also both forms of Grandiflora. 1939 – JCW…

24th April

…Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Then on to the Sugar Loaf Mountain where the Chenevix-Trenches have started a garden sunk deep in a gorge. The trees were planted 30 years ago by…

3rd April

…– JCW Daffs on the wane, though the best late whites are not all open yet. The cherries (double) are starting. Mountain forms of Rhodo at W (Werrington) two days…

25th June

…name has now been officially changed to Magnolia fansipanensis. Magnolia crassifolia come from Ecuador. Magnolia fansipanensis comes from North Vietnam’s tallest mountain. If you are still confused so am I!]…

10th October

…suggest this may be another name for Ilex mitis from sub-Saharan Africa where it is a large tree growing on Table Mountain and Mount Kilimanjaro above 2,500 meters. I remain…

Magnolias and Climate Change at Caerhays

…Szechuan at 6-10,000 feet on high mountain forests they are probably very likely to bloom much earlier in our mild Cornish woodland climate. In the wild magnolias are pollenated by…

24th May

…when I can escape from the mountain of paperwork which has appeared here since my return. Halesia macgregorii 2017 – CHW A boiling hot day where working on the stand…

22nd May

…rather fine garden mountain with very rare trees supplied by Crug Farm. This got a Gold Medal. South Korean minstrels 2022 – CHW Many more dead flowers to pick off…

19th April

…Plantation. Multi stemmed large bushes. The Mountain Juneberry from N. America and a good species. We await the black berries. Amelanchier bartramiana Amelanchier bartramiana Magnolia ‘Helena’ with lots of flowers…

6th March

…the mountain top low growing species do not survive our climate. If you do not find this all too dull click here to see the true beauty of so many…