9th January 1897- 2020

…Perhaps Asia has won the propagation battle here? Michelia maccleurei A batch of Magnolia nitida. Magnolia nitida Our stock plant of Camellia transnokoensis. We have lost plants outside in cold…

14th October

…on this plant. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis Gathering seeds from Magnolia Nitida which is seeding excessively. It only does this about 1 year in 10. Gathering seeds And here are…

19th July

…not much foliage. Schefflera pauciflora At last a young Magnolia nitida tucked away in shelter which looks as though it will grow on into a decent tree. After many failures…

27th August

nitida has well formed seed heads this year although they are nearly all high up the tree. Nothing last year so Asia needs to collect what she can later with…

11th October

…for Asia to gather when they are ripe. Rhododendron sutchuenense Rhododendron sutchuenense A young Magnolia nitida which struggled in the drought has put out side shoots from its main trunk….

15th July

…JCW No real start in [bamboo] Nitida yet. Many seedlings planted in the new ground, say one third. Everlasting peas open. Put in from 207 to 218, new things of…

24th May

…gone now too behind the original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. cleared the stumps Sadly the leafless Magnolia nitida has only struggled into new growth in a few lower branches. Droughts again!…

11th May

…‘Black Swan’ leaves a week on. Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ just out. Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A young Magnolia nitida getting…

27th April

…Not much different from ‘Eva Maria’? MAGNOLIA nitida Magnolia nitida – this old and record tree which is clearly nearing the end of its life has just two flowers very…

23rd March

…best Rhododendron macabeanum – again rather early. Rhododendron macabeanum Magnolia nitida in flower in front of the original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. Magnolia nitida The Magnolia mollicomata in the Ririei Opening…

4th March

…was Stachyurus nitida with its shiny leaves from Mt Omei and not Stachyurus yunnanensis. Roy Lancaster thought this was Stachyurus nitida Michelia doltsopa at its splendid best. Michelia doltsopa at…

29th June

…relative or a true magnolia species similar to M. nitida?) in flower. This has died on us. ‘Magnolias of China’ lists both M. nitida and M. lotungensis as species of…

3rd March

…How close is this to M. nitida in reality? Magnolia lotungensis Two side by side but slightly different Betula ermanii, Mt. Hakkoda, Honshu – very attractive bark. Betula ermanii, Mt….

8th January

nitida when I saw it at Tregrehan. Parakmeria lotungensis Jasminum nudiflorum well out as you would expect. Jasminum nudiflorum Camellia ‘Drama Girl’ had a flower out last week at Caerhays…

21st January

…die as well.The species which have seeded and, in part, died out in my lifetime include:Fargesia nitida – 10 years or so ago at Caerhays and BurncooseFargesia murielie – more…

26th February 1897 – 2020

…in 2009 so has taken 14 years from seed to first flowering. It sits on the site of an old Arundinaria nitida (bamboo) hedge which flowered, seeded and died in…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…RHS Encyclopaedia. Baccharis patagonica with tiny leaves. Nothofagus nitida. Maytenus magellanica in flower as a young plant. Nothofagus moorei. A young Callitris rhomboidea with its first seed head. The darkest…

5th January 1897- 2020

…Magnolia nitida) at least twice. Here it struggled before wind or a strimmer got the last twig. Now deceased! Parkameria lotungensis 2017 – CHW Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ still has many…

17th February 1897 – 2020

…has the Lonicera nitida. All the ivy gone too but two bags of chippings now look ugly in full view and must go too from the lower staff car park….

7th November

…Styles. oak tree Garden Society members were reporting similar severe damage in their gardens at the dinner the night before last.Caerhays exhibited seed of Magnolia nitida, seed of Photinia beauvardiana…