6th September

…Star’ and Asimina triloba. No fruit on the Asimina. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ and Asimina triloba 2022 – CHW Thunderstorms and the plants in the garden finally look a bit…

13th July

…nobilis. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Asimina triloba in full flower. One of three mature trees here. The two much younger trees at Caerhays are variable and different in…

14th June

…variegated form – both on the drive. Liriodendron chinense Attractive new growth on Lindera triloba. Lindera triloba Styrax japonicus from Taehuksando (BSWJ 14182) below Tin Garden. Superb large flowers but…

11th June

…nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well formed on Asimina triloba alongside the leaf petioles. An odd shape which I had not taken in before. Asimina triloba

8th April

…Acer shirasawanum ‘Aureum’ similarly effective for the care article. Acer shirasawanum ‘Aureum’ Acer shirasawanum ‘Aureum’ Prunus incisa ‘Omoinoyama’ Prunus incisa ‘Omoinoyama’ Lindera triloba just in flower. Lindera triloba Rhododendron ‘Princess…

26th March

…fir branch A huge fir branch Lindera triloba seems not to open up properly in flower. Flowers before the leaves. Lindera triloba Lindera lancei (BSWJ 1118) flowering here for the…

31st March

…Rho martinium + aperantum tapetiforma Best value from Az Ostava (over) and Rho ‘Shamrock’ Hovel Cart Road- Survival rate very high Hoheria sexstylosa very vigorous Tom Hudson’s Acer triloba 648…

21st May

…to call it triloba. A first flower on this young plant. The one down Bond Street has, I think, died over the winter. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Euptelia polyandra with…

3rd July

…more like Asimina triloba to me especially after looking at Trees and Shrubs online. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis The new growth on Carpinus caroliniana (from Mexico). Carpinus caroliniana Carpinus caroliniana…

9th November

…Uocodendron whartonii) which proves this name change makes sense. What else has flowers shaped like these? Asimina triloba perhaps? The colours on the Disanthus cercidifolius have developed well over the…

27th February 1897 – 2020

…Prunus triloba first flower, many cernuus, the Carlyon Arboreum open, most f the Rho praecox, Dauntlep well out and all the Maximus. 1897 – JCW First waterlily leaf up in…

8th March 1897 – 2020

…good, Dauntlep open, many Camellias out. 1903 – JCW Picked the first Halleana (stellata), Prunus triloba shows colour and reticulata. 1902 – JCW Many G Spur, H Irving, Caerhays and…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…Irving, Tenby etc since long, Rho argenteum and ciliatum are both good. R praecox has opened heaths very nice. Prunus triloba good, one Cam reticulata. 1903 – JCW The same…

4th March 1897 – 2020

…to be out by now but the buds are still closed tight. This species is often confused with Lindera triloba but they have rather different habits here. Lindera obtusiloba is…

2nd March 1897 – 2020

…fair lot of Caerhays and common double open, also a few Lent Lilies. Most of the Tenby open, crocus all out, half of the Maximus out, bits of Prunus triloba….