…it. A plant also to layer. Quite a show today! Rhododendron ‘Corona’ Rhododendron ‘Corona’ Rhododendron ‘Corona’ First flowers on a young Magnolia wilsonii which are hard to photograph. Magnolia wilsonii…

…x mutabilis ‘Induta’ Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ Syringa wilsonii flowering for the first time in the frames. Excellent! Syringa wilsonii Syringa wilsonii Another new species of…

…is now fully open and a very different colour to the bud. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Nice new growth on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Prunus mahaleb, the St Lucie cherry,…

…Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii Above the big tree fern on the Main Path is a smallish plant of Magnolia wilsonii. Same coloured stamens but quite different in shape from Magnolia…

…fruits as well as this it may well prove to be an interesting new introduction for the catalogue. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster wilsonii Also in the frames is Tetradium ruticarpum with…

…on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Cotoneaster ‘Blaze’ with nearly ripe berries. Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Cotoneaster gonggashanensis with large striking red berries. Cotoneaster gonggashanensis Cotoneaster erratus with more berries than…

…Stachyurus salicifolius. Stachyurus salicifolius Viburnum wilsonii with gorgeous autumn colour, an odd, late flower and the first crop of spectacular berries. Quite a species! It must have died out here…

…ripe berries. Asia needs to collect them now before the pheasants find them. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster thimphuensis just starting to turn yellow and far from ripe yet. Cotoneaster…

…and most of the conkers are on younger regrowth. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii 2018 – CHW Rather more rose hips on Roy Lancaster’s wild collected Rosa filipes than last year….

…species which we have yet to add to our collection. Shrubby and suckering like Styrax wilsonii. Styrax limprichtii Styrax limprichtii Styrax limprichtii Squirrels have taken a liking to Tom’s Rehderodendron…

…CHW The youngish Aesculus wilsonii at the entrance to Old Park are still laden with conkers but they remain unripe. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii According to the plans this is…

…saw some 6 weeks ago. Styrax wilsonii Styrax wilsonii New water tanks installed above the greenhouse and at Tin Garden. Easy access to water for newly planted things in the…

…with its first flowers. Camellia sasanqua ‘Blush’ Aesculus wilsonii with unexpected autumn colour. Usually it just drops or blows away. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Taxodium distichum with its autumn colour…

…a species which I knew. Rhododendron watsonii Rhododendron wilsonii (Rhododendron latoucheae) – a rare find in a superb garden. Rhododendron wilsonii Rhododendron wilsonii Camellia japonica ‘Willamina’ was still full of…

…this was in flower elsewhere in the garden. I wonder why these three trees are so much later? Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii The colouring on the new growth of Rhododendron…

…Stewartia aside – and we desperately need more rain. The first drought victims are already dying. New growth on Schefflera macrophylla. Schefflera macrophylla Another young Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia…

…Park Wood are flowering well. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii 2015 – CHW Tents on the lawn, tents below the lawn, hustle and bustle from all our staff and helpers. Charity…

…CHW A decent half day of heavy rain. A young Magnolia wilsonii just out in the Ririei Opening. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii Cyclocarya paliuris with its first set of growth…

…things coming into leaf. Here a Magnolia wilsonii. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia wilsonii Flowers and new growth now on Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Flowers out on Rhododendron vaseyi which…

…leave pure white flowers. rose Euonymus tonkinensis flowering away in the greenhouse frames. Euonymus tonkinensis Euonymus wilsonii which is not that different in flower. Euonymus wilsonii Vaccinum retusum producing purplish…