19th November

…picked them in recent years. More chance with these I think for Asia. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Magnolia (Manglietia) decidua looks evergreen today but will shed its leaves…

17th October

hookeri Styrax hookeri I am pretty certain too now that what I photographed as Osmanthus yunnanensis last week was wrong too. Another plant seen today has absolutely no spines on…

25th June

…looks a bit like Styrax hookeri but the flowers do not. I wonder what the history of this is? Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Styrax hookeri yunnanensis Cornus iberica in full flower….

1st June

…our S. hookeri but I am still a bit suspicious of this naming when I look at the flower clusters. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Salvia leucantha…

26th April

…one is Berberis hookeri planted in 1999. Had not really noticed it before. Greenish yellow flowers. Berberis hookeri Rhododendron rubiginosum in ririei opening. Nothing like as impressive as Rhododendron desquamatum….

18th March

…A Wilson introduction in 1907. Perhaps G. tetramera? perhaps G hookeri perhaps G hookeri Cephalotaxus fortunei – a male form with copious flowers already exuding clouds of pollen. Cephalotaxus fortunei…

26th May

…trip. A newly bought in Styrax hookeri yunnanensis flowering in the frames. I am doubtful as it looks nothing like our home grown Styrax hookeri which has been here since…

29th May

…Mark Bulk. Larges leaves and more flowers in each cluster than in our plants of S. hookeri. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Gamblea ciliata var. evodiaefolia (DJHV 06111) also with its…

26th August

…many large seeds already. Ripe in four to six weeks I suspect? Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Gevuina avellana is plastered in flower from top to bottom of this 30ft plus…

27th August

…leaf veins and at the base of the leaves. The bark is very similar to Rhododendron thompsonii in the way it colour and peels. Rhododendron hookeri Rhododendron hookeri 2016 –…