…to come out. Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Rhododendron ‘Fabia’ Neolitsea aff. polycarpa with its new growth and interesting bark. Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Azalea ‘Klondyke’ showing up well on the main ride. It…

…Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Neolitsea aff. polycarpa with rather different coloured new growth (albeit suckering from the base). Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Euphorbia stygiana is now 15ft tall as…

…you can see. It is different from Neolitsea sericea (formerly Litsea glauca) although I remember the old tree being called Litsea glauca? Neolitsea sericea has very different new growth. Litsea…

…Unusual new growth on Neolitsea polycarpa. Neolitsea polycarpa Similarly fine new growth on Osmanthus fragrans f. thunbergii which I have yet to see flowering. Osmanthus fragrans f. thunbergii Magnolia ‘Lois’…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Lady Woodsman’. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Lady Woodsman’ Neolitsea sericea…

…Staphylea bolanderi Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ is now rather more visible. Magnolia ‘Fairy Lime’ More rhododendron stumps get dug out. rhododendron stumps Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’. Staphylea holocarpa ‘Innocence’ Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver…

…– CHW A newly planted Neolitsea sericea ‘Silver Leaf’. Both our old established N. sericea have died in the last year. Wonderful, but hardly silvery, new growth here. The silver…

…Very heavy rain from midday.Above Orchid House Nursery the dead Neolitsea sericea has blown over onto a dead rhododendron. dead Neolitsea sericea Jaimie and his team have removed the ivy…

…Our other Litsea and Neolitsea have generally flowered much later in the year. Litsea from Taiwan Rhododendron strigillosum just out. About as hairy as it gets! Rhododendron strigillosum Rhododendron strigillosum…

…yellowish leaves of Neolitsea sericea which will soon drop as the new growth starts. Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ The first pure white and pink bluebells. While bluebells Pink bluebells On…

…wonder if some of it will grow in such a hot, dry location? Illicium aff. griffithii is looking a bit chloritic already as was the Neolitsea. Illicium aff. griffithii The…

…for us and this is safely potted on for planting out in 2017 or 2018. Tom Hudson gave us a new neolitsea species and two plants of a new camellia…