4th May

…base. My father called it Quercus glabra and it is not the Quercus glauca which is what Allen Coombes wants. Thomas Methuen-Campbell thought this was Lithocarpus edulis. Quercus glabra Quercus…

28th March

…shoots from Phyllostachys flexuosa although they look plump enough perhaps to be Phyllostachys edulis? Intricate hairs and leaflets at the tip of the new shoots and what colours! They are…

14th January

…Nigel Holman wild collected L. edulis | A sucker from the original tree survives – identity has been queried L. corneus | Alan Coombes. Identity needs checking – see New…