2nd April

…The uprighted bit still has one small live branch and some still live reshooting. Little cause for optimism. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis The old Litsea glauca suddenly died…

25th March

…‘Drama Girl’ Stachyurus yunnanensis with its evergreen foliage burnt off in the cold but still with plenty of flowering tassels. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus chinensis looking quite splendid (deciduous)….

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…cleistocarpus Itea yunnanensis in full flower with incredibly long flower tassels against a wall. Far better than Itea ilicifolia when you see it like this. Itea yunnanensis Itea yunnanensis Itea…

21st April

…this once at Exbury. Fokienia hodginsii Parkameria yunnanensis – in the Magnolia nitida category. Parkameria yunnanensis Parkameria yunnanensis Parkameria yunnanensis Michelia velutina has long pointed leaves but ‘not in the…

29th October

…into flower. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Magnolia ‘Sundance’ glowing yellow in the late afternoon sun with two Cornus kousa types showing red either side of it. Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Porcelain…

6th August

…is nearly dead. This is what microclimates and planting plans are all about in a drought year. Syringa yunnanensis Syringa yunnanensis Most eucryphias are flowering poorly in the drought conditions…

14th June

yunnanensis Syringa yunnanensis Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’ (Korean lilac) in flower. I do not think I have ever spotted this out before although seed has been collected and grown. White flowers…

11th June

yunnanensis just going over. Planted in 2018 and already needing a hard pruning back which it got in 2021. Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Buddleia nivea var. yunnanensis Flower buds well…

19th November

yunnanensis grown from RMCG seed (17099) Camellia yunnanensis grown from RMCG seed (17099) All the 3 other forms of Lapageria rosea are already over very early this year. However Lapageria…

16th August

…heat. They start watering at 5am. I spot another new entry today for the 2023 catalogue. Good plants of the very rare Machilus yunnanensis. Machilus yunnanensis Machilus yunnanensis Other things…