21st April

…‘King George’. Rhododendron loderi ‘King George’ Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum (perhaps?) Rhododendron haemaleum var. atrorubum Magnolia floribunda still has plenty of flowers on its lower branches. Magnolia floribunda Nasty looking…

19th September

…spreading branched habit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zollingeri has much redder berries in much sparser…

29th March

…last year, vivid red new female cones and male flowers. A tremendous show today. Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis Magnolia ‘Dark Shadow’ is…

1st April

…x (laevifolia x maudiae) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) planted in 2016. Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia sprengeri var. sprengeri (84329) Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Amabilis’ just coming out. I…

4th June

…visit to Burncoose for meetings.Our Burncoose stock plant of Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ by the mist houses. Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica Tennant’ Abutilon vitafolium var. album ‘Veronica…

28th June

…crumpled as last years flowers. Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ covered in flower. Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’…

23rd November

…eating. Ilex latifolia Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ seems very similar to ‘Versicolor’ and ‘Narumigata’ to me. Nice enough today with perhaps slightly larger flowers than the other two and an…

25th March 1897 – 2020

…sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta Magnolia sargentiana var robusta In the ririei opening we have Magnolia mollicomata (left) and Magnolia sargentiana robusta (right) and Magnolia campbellii Alba (back)…

30th April

…if correctly labelled? Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Oukan’ Paeonia ‘Isononami’ Paeonia ‘Isononami’ Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – a very fine large flowered form Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii – a…

3rd June

…tri-lobed leaves. Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei The blown over and cut back Catalpa bungei Duclouxii group (as I see we must now call it) is already…

22nd February

…two further along into its first flowering (M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp. ‘Lanarth’). M. sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ x M. campbellii var. mollicomata ssp….

1st June

var. williamsii. Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi Primula reidii var. williamsii Ross had now started work clearing the fallen Ilex oak at The Vean. A nearby ash tree has also been…

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…

23rd September

…villosa var. laevis with loads of fruit. Photinia villosa var. laevis Photinia villosa var. zolleringeri with rather less. Photinia villosa var. laevis The 10 or so new Hedychiums are planted…

24th April

…the sun. Quercus stenophylloides A young Abies delavayi. Abies delavayi Abies forrestii var. georgei. Abies forrestii var. georgei Still good flowers on Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ – a very…

18th June

…a multitude of flowers tassels. Ostrya carpinifolia Ostrya carpinifolia Carpinus turczaninowii. Carpinus turczaninowii Carpinus turczaninowii Carpinus orientalis. Carpinus orientalis Carpinus orientalis Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya. Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus…

8th May

…‘Alice in Wonderland’. Heavily pruned yew hedges The base of the gigantic Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo biloba Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii nicely in bud. Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii Paeonia lutea var.

2nd May

…Hillier’s says this name should be var. smithii. Very slow growing and squat in habit so far. Abies forrestii var. georgii. (var. smithii) Trachycarpus princeps with light bluish new foliage….

28th April

…sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Lonicera sempervirens ‘John Clayton’ Mahonia hartwegii. Mahonia hartwegii Mahonia hartwegii Mahonia hartwegii Pittosporum illicioides var. angustifolium. Pittosporum illicioides var. angustifolium Male and female catkins on Carpinus fangiana….

11th April

…floribunda var. tonkinensis Magnolia floribunda var. tonkinensis Plants from the greenhouses and frames to go into Higher Quarry Nursery. Plants from the greenhouses 2024 – CHW A wet day to…