…colour on its youngest leaves. This is its response to the drought. Stewartia malacodendron Stewartia malacodendron Rather unspectacular bark on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata Seed heads forming on…

…they have swollen enough to actually contain any seed. I doubt they will. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata ‘They’ always say you should plant Embothrium lanceolatum in the worst possible poor…

…are splitting open. Stewartia rostrata seed pods Stewartia rostrata seed pods Enkianthus are a similarly gorgeous colour with their unripe as yet green seeds showing out strongly. Enkianthus 2015 –…

…Cornus kousa. Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ The seed pods on Stewartia rostrata have dried and split open in the recent warm spell. Stewartia rostrata Stewartia rostrata The gales took away all…

…cones drop off with nothing in them but this year looks more promising. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata The wild black bees whose home got felled are still very much in…

…mollicomata seeds. They are also thin and flattened, not rounded like most other magnolia seeds. Something for Asia to have a go at now. Magnolia rostrata Magnolia rostrata 2019 –…

…distinct bark of Magnolia rostrata. Magnolia rostrata Still plenty of leaf on Meliosma oldhamii. Meliosma oldhamii First flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Debbie’ 2025 – CHW…

…the near black tepals. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Our largest Magnolia rostrata has flower buds showing pink very high up. This was given to us by Tom Hudson when…

…Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’ Stewartia rostrata is plastered in bud which should open in time. Stewartia rostrata Time to clip the box balls ready for the big event. If you do…

…‘Aureus’ Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ and Stewartia rostrata. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ and Stewartia rostrata Lily martagon ‘Sunny Morning’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’. Lily martagon ‘Sunny Morning’…

…originating from Maypeng in Taiwan. Neolitsea aciculata First flowers just showing on Stewartia rostrata in a shady spot. Stewartia rostrata Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ still covered in flowers weeks…

…full flower. Originally labelled Pittosporum daphniphylloides but now we have to add the ‘a’! I wonder if our three plants are all one species. Pittosporum adaphnephylloides Magnolia rostrata now suddenly…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Stewartia rostrata in Kennel Close. Stewartia rostrata A pink tinge to the…

…in a thicket shows no buds anywhere near out. Similarly Magnolia rostrata (Tom Hudson form and rather different leaves from our old original plant – now dead). No sign of…

…China’ Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’. Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ 2024 – CHW Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen…

…of pink on the reverse of the odd petal. From the autumn colour seen last autumn on this young plant I suspect it may well in fact be Stewartia rostrata….

…rostrata has a flower on one of its lowest branches. Magnolia rostrata 2020 – CHW A good young Rhododendron decorum below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron decorum I have a mental name…

…joined the dodo. Honey fungus in all probability. English oak 2023 – CHW Secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’. Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Already well swollen seed heads on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata…

…top grafted. Crataegus x grignonensis Crataegus x grignonensis Autumn colour already on Stewartia rostrata. Reddish today, it will turn black. Stewartia rostrata Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ is supposed to turn…

…eleonorae Ripening seeds on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata The new clearing on the drive all levelled off ready for planting. The new clearing on the drive The new clearing on…