Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Aesculus californica is suddenly full out too in the heat. A week ago…

…again is labelled Torreya taxifolia which Hilliers say is rare in cultivation. It is said to be very like Torreya californica (California nutmeg) but with smaller leaves. This plant has…

…pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ not, as yet, looking very yellow (apart from the leaves). Syringa pekinensis ‘Yellow Fragrance’ Aesculus californica now nearly out and smelling gorgeous. Aesculus californica Keteleeria davidiana, which…

…trunks have died and vigorous new suckers have appeared in the border. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ I was right! It is an aristolochia called Aristolochia californica. Aristolochia californica…

…dark and much pinker form of Rhododendron ‘Crossbill’. Very good and worth propagating just above the Umbellularia californica and lying on its side as a plant (Asia to note please…

…we still need to acquire Torreya californica, the Californian nutmeg, to complete the Hilliers four but the IDS say we also need Torreya jackii and Torreya fargesii to complete the…