…am told someone else’s escapees. cattle Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ properly out by the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ and…

…bees. Actinidia arguta ‘Issai’ Campylotropis macrocarpa is a totally new plant/shrub to me. Need to look up what its flowers are like. From China and Korea. Campylotropis macrocarpa 2020 –…

…China in broadleaved forests but at low altitudes of 200-1,000m above sea level. Castanopsis sclerophylla Castanopsis sclerophylla This may explain the position of our two plants. New Trees (published 2009)…

…but the newly planted rhodos in Rookery Nursery Bed could do with a drink. Betula albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ is starting to develop nice bark on its stem five or six…

…Forrest expeditions to China remains a key mystery. No garden records remain at Dyffryn and it is not a rhododendron or camellia growing area. I fear the trip did little…

…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….

…platypetala or, more correctly, now Michelia cavalerei var. platypetala. I strongly suspect from the description and pictures in the ‘Magnolias of China’ book that the Burncoose Michelia macclurei tree may…

…died in protest but this one is already a decent show. Hydrangea paniculata This is Torreya grandis from China. It has far fewer fruits than last year and some seem…

…film screen when the gardens are open. The cabinets will be used to display artefacts from the George Forrest plant hunting expeditions to China between 1902 and 1932. Originally we…

…This is not a species known in the wild in China but it came first to the UK as a form of sasanqua in 1818. Camellia maliflora Camellia sasanqua ‘Blush’…

…in Japan, cuttings from China and plants from Trehane’s nursery and the former Loder gardens. Despite some casualties and deer damage many plants are already 10-12ft tall. 75-80% of the…

…pensilis ‘Woolly Mammoth’ certainly lives up to its name at this time of the year. A rare swamp cypress from China related to Taxodium. Glyptostrobus pensilis ‘Woolly Mammoth’ Glyptostrobus pensilis…

…attractive of these six new ones. The canes are used in China as walking sticks. Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Fargesia robusta is as its name implies although only planted (as…

…it is a genuinely new introduction which we will now enjoy trying out here. It is found at altitudes in China 1,500-2,100 meters above sea level so its hardiness may…

…related to Zelkova. Totally hardy, a shrubby tree with spine tipped branchlets and small yellowish-green fruits. Introduced from Korea/China in 1908.Also on the Pavia list were up to 50 species…

…into Vernicia fordii which Asia has grown from seed. It is not listed in Hillier’s or New Trees. V. fordii is the Tung tree from S. China, Vietnam and Burma….

…the 1960s and 1970s many of the rhododendron species collected in China 50 to 60 years earlier came into their prime. Julian also produced a number of new magnolia hybrids…

…a Sven Hedin in Gansu in China in 1931. A good autumn show of fruit and leaf colour as you can begin to see here. Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster rubens is…

…bashed about. Camellia sasanqua Quercus chapensis (seed from China and a gift from Margaret Miles) is doing well. Quercus chapensis The older Embothrium above Roger’s Quarry is virtually dead as…

…very Cornish. Attached is an article in final form about the longevity of rhododendron species from China to celebrate the centenary of the foundation of The Rhododendron Society in 1916…