…fargesii Salix fargesii Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ with a bit of slug damage to the flower. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Callicarpa bodinieri’ ‘Profusion’ flowers both in bud and long over. A lengthy flowering season….

…clearly a rounded shrub not a tree. It will be interesting to see how it shapes up for any autumn colour. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii Sorbus japonica from Crug Farm…

…Darker in colour than the one I photograph at Ventnor. Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii Catalpa fargesii f. duclouxii A young Magnolia dealbata with its first flowers (the mature plant has…

…oreodoxa var fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var fargesii 2022 – CHW Another one of those truly great magnolia days with sun, at last no wind, and a blue sky. Jaimie discovers…

…No flowers yet on Decaisnea insignis in Tin Garden. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ nearing its best. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ doing well…

…fargesii var. fargesii. The latter used to grow here but had died out. 2020 – CHW The RHS Virtual Chelsea ‘Plant of the Decade’ competition ended in a possible degree…

…Burncoose plant of Decaisnea fargesii flowering beautifully on several of its multiple stems. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii The Burncoose plant of Meliosma oldhamii has much yellower new growth than the…

…var. heterophylla f. laciniata Fagus longiopetiolata just in leaf. Fagus longiopetiolata Fagus longiopetiolata Salix fargesii is covered in catkins and lots of long red-stemmed new growth. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii…

…oreodoxa var. fargesii in flower. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii Flowers out on the elderly and, I suspect, dying Meliosma alba (formerly Meliosma beaniana). Meliosma alba The…

…Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Magnolia ‘Yellow Lantern’ Wonderful new growth buds on Salix fargesii. Planted in 2010 and now a stout multi-stemmed shrub. Salix fargesii Salix fargesii New leaves on Prunus…

…First flowering of Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii 2018 – CHW The first Aesculus hippocastanum leaves and flowers showing. Rather later than last year? Aesculus hippocastanum Taiwania…

…replace. Ilex fargesii Ilex fargesii The exceptional Ilex nothofagifolia which has Nothofagus leaves and a tiered growth habit as a small tree. Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex dipyrena – proving…

…on Illicium griffithii (WW7 11911). Also the blue pods on Decaisnea fargesii. 2021 – CHW From the Werrington archives appears a May 1885 plan of the Caerhays cellar and an…

…growth. Daphnephyllum teysmannii Late secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Cornus controversa covered in fruits. Cornus controversa Still catkins on Salix fargesii on secondary or tertiary new growth. Salix…

…small plant in a pot Corylus fargesii has one huge cluster of long cobnuts. Corylus fargesii 2021 – CHW Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lace’ has now turned a delicate pink in…

…simmonosii Eucalyptus simmonosii Loads of seeds on what may or may not be Photinia macrophylla. Looks more microphylla to me! Photinia macrophylla Photinia macrophylla Blue seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii at…

…Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Viburnum wrightii with flowers and berries. Viburnum wrightii Viburnum wrightii A Mahonia hybrid involving Mahonia huiliensis and M. fargesii with its first flower opening. Mahonia hybrid…

…do not remember if I have. Carpinus japonica Crataegus pontica with unripe fruits on a young plant. Crataegus pontica Decaisnea fargesii more covered in blue seed pods then I have…

…a clump of the smaller flowered white lacecap Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ which is well over with the flower heads turning green. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ 2022 – CHW Decaisnea fargesii yellows briefly before…

…storms. The buds show some colour and are nearly out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ A fine tray of Decaisnea fargesii seedlings grown this year in the new greenhouse….