…to excite anyone but a serious plantsman even though we have included a few magnolias for long term effect. On the way I discover Magnolia nitida covered in flower above…

…good young Magnolia nitida getting away well for once. We have failed with several in recent years all from seedlings grown here. Magnolia nitida Evergreen Viburnum awabuki is new to…

…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…

…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…

…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….

…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…

…hard wood way about. 1898 – JCW No real start in [bamboo] Nitida yet. Many seedlings planted in the new ground, say one third. Everlasting peas open. Put in from…

…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!…

…‘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…

…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…

…Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ And on the best Rhododendron macabeanum – again rather early. Rhododendron macabeanum Magnolia nitida in flower in front of the original Magnolia ‘Caerhays Surprise’. Magnolia nitida The…

…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…

…Parakmeria lotungensis (a magnolia 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….

…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….

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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….