24th July

…leaves from drought starvation.?? Decent new grouth on a big leaf Persea indica (PSWJ2535) has made good growth in its first year after planting. Persea indica (PSWJ2535) 2022 – CHW…

12th July

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) getting away well only 2 years after planting. Persea

27th April

…Citrus ichangensis with its ‘double’ leaves. Citrus ichangensis Magnolia liliifera. Magnolia liliifera Persea bracteata. Persea bracteata Ilex integra. Ilex integra Ilex integra Pittosporum crispulum. Pittosporum crispulum Paeonia mlokosewitschii. Paeonia mlokosewitschii…

20th April

…‘Donation’ nearly 4 months after we had the first showing on this plant. Camellia x williamsii ‘Donation’ A newly planted Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) looking healthy. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535)…

7th April

…tinus ‘Trelease’ Persea japonica with its first fruits. Persea japonica Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ just showing. Magnolia ‘Fairy Blush’ Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’. Magnolia ‘Lemon Star’ Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’. Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’…

13th March

…our best young Persea thunbergii appears to be dying. Rot at ground level. Persea thunbergii As we saw last summer rot at the base of our largest surviving Magnolia sprengeri…

27th May

…yellow flowers again this year – second flowering. Pittosporum illiciodes f. angustifolium Ditto Ptelia baldwinii. Ptelia baldwinii Persea thunbergii just putting on its red new growth. Attractive reddish new growth…

14th June

…went in in March. Schefflera rhododendrifolia Schefflera rhododendrifolia Attractive new growth on Schima superba which I have never noticed before. For years, until it flowered, I thought this was Persea

30th October

…greenhouse a few days ago) is from the Lauraceae family. It is an evergreen tree from Sichuan and Yunnan with similarities to the genus Persea. Its flowers are pale green…

2nd January 1897- 2020

…just missed Persea japonica in the foreground (three ‘japonicas’ in two days!). silver fir silver fir silver fir Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ just starting to show at the top of the…