…attendees so we ended up doing a three hour garden tour looking at styrax and stewartia, rather than bothering with a long lecture.Stewartia pteropetiolata is only just coming out, with…

…chunks of moss Still prominent seed heads on Stewartia pteropetiolata. Stewartia pteropetiolata A good set of well rooted layers of Rhododendron falconeri soon to be moved to a new location…

…from China. Lithocarpus henryi A new species of stewartia – Stewartia villosa. No flowers as yet but similar hairs on the new growth to Stewartia pteropetiolata. Slightly sticky leaves too….

…over and Stewartia pteropetiolata just reaching its best. 2017 – CHW My father always said that this ancient clump of deepest blue hydrangeas was the only clump of true blues…