19th September

…bud. Quite different to what we have known here as C. sinensis on Burns Bank but this is a wide ranging species. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Seed heads on Illicium…

8th July

…Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Scaffolding up the towers for window painting next week. Scaffolding 2016 – CHW The new wind turbine was delivered to Pittsdown yesterday and they…

2nd January

…was, as usual, not forewarned by the dear old Met Office. cryptomeria Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Just look at the white undersides of the leaves on one ilex oak (still)…

28th April

…(now not M. sieboldii var. sinensis but a species in its own right according to the latest International Dendrology Society magnum opus on magnolias). Magnolia sinensis Outstanding new growth on…

19th May

…kiuisiana. Tilia kiuisiana Tilia kiuisiana Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Nyssa sinensis (FMW 713122) has exceptional spring new growth as well as autumn colour. Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Rhododendron…

5th June

…by the Tennis Court. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis There used to be a good group of Magnolia sieboldii sinensis here but they have been squeezed out by a…

26th June

…has yet to flower but nice leaves. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Deutzia compacta flowering well. Deutzia compacta Wisteria sinensis ‘Alba’ flowering in amongst Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’…

2nd July

…is a huge tree but you need to look up from underneath it to see the best of the flowering effect. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis The…

11th June

…Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’. Kalmia latifolia ‘Ostbo Red’ Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata. Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata Flower heads on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Viburnum parvifolium nicely in flower on Hovel…

14th February

…plant really. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Berries still on Ilex dipyrena which is today labelled a Cornish record tree. I have never seen it set seed before myself…