…with ripening racemes of seeds. We can see what to expect from ours but this was growing in full shade by a stream. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Persea bracteata with…

…Burncoose selling tables. Burncoose selling tables Phytolacca bogotensis (BSWJ 14221). Phytolacca bogotensis Thalictrum delavayi var mucronatum – also on the Crug Farm stand. Thalictrum delavayi var mucronatum Anemone rivularis. Anemone…

…you can see. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ with few flowers this year. Planted 2006. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Cornus kousa ‘Samaritan’ looking…

…Four to six feet tall and perfect today. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ Thalictrum delavayi ‘Album’ What is this primula like thing flowering in July with ‘dock’-like leaves. Really…

…spines which are also blueish-violet. The leaf structure is more dense as you can see. Of Indian and Chinese origin. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Abies delavayi Both are novelties to…

…age this spring by Lower Quarry Nursery after overflowering and overseeding copiously. 8-9ft tall and 6ft spread. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra monostachya is flowering nearby in Bond…

…look impressive but, in our climate, no seed ever sets. This species is very difficult from cuttings. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Further along the wall towards the Tower…

…if you do not believe me. The ripe black seeds have already dropped out of their casings. Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba Paeonia delavayi var. angustiloba 2018…

…in the small tree which this plant now is. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Pterostyrax corymbosus was also planted in 2008 by the clethra. Pterostyrax hispida is much better…

…Schefflera delavayi is now full out in Donkey Shoe. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi A little autumn colour on Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’. Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ A good crop of early flower…

…Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ 11999) with nearly ripe fruits. Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ 11999) Schefflera delavayi nearly over and the seeds setting quickly as they do. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi…

…photograph the pink M. delavayi which is now about 15ft tall and 10ft across. pink form of Magnolia delavayi pink form of Magnolia delavayi 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015…

…and autumn colours.Schefflera delavayi with huge flower heads not quite yet out. Schefflera delavayi   Another Schefflera delavayi with even more flower heads and a spreading habit. Greener leaves too….

…surprisingly, the flowers on Magnolia delavayi protruding above the wall on the lawn have survived. A pretty good show for November! Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi A re-staked Berberis insigne on…

…Pinus radiata. Warning signs of impending collapse perhaps but we have seen this before on this same tree over the years. Pinus radiata The seeds have set on Schefflera delavayi…

…Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi Acacia cultriformis nearly out. Acacia cultriformis Mahonia japonica nearly over. Mahonia japonica 2022 – CHW A new laurel shelterbelt on Bond Street. laurel Camellia x williamsii…

…the same place. Osmanthus delavayi Osmanthus delavayi First flowers on Rhododendron davidsonianum. Rhododendron davidsonianum And on Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’. Rhododendron ‘Countess of Haddington’ Rhododendron impeditum ‘J.C. Williams’ full out….

…about 70 years old I guess. Osmanthus delavayi Osmanthus delavayi Magnolia ‘Lois’ has its first flowers out. A delicate yellow and a very different shape to Magnolia ‘Daphne’ which we…

…Quercus crassifolia Quercus flocculenta – hardly like an oak at all. Quercus flocculenta Schefflera delavayi – not one so far in the Caerhays collection. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Schefflera taiwanensis…

…Needham’s collection at Tregye. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Rhododendron augustinii corner with a blaze of mauve, blue and purple. Rhododendron augustinii corner Rhododendron augustinii corner A trip on the 1½…