…‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ We left this old yew tree in the Isla Rose Plantation to try to grow climbing roses up it. Two failures so…

…in Cornwall. Mining tin and lithium in Cornwall Cornwall Seaweed Company. Cornwall Seaweed Company Fishing. Fishing Cornish Cream. Cornish Cream Cornish Apple Growing. Cornish Apple Growing China Clay. China Clay…

…albosinensis ‘China Ruby’. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ A similarly confusing range of bark colours on Betula…

…bahuiniflorum and Magnolia ‘Daphne’ and Rhododendron ‘Damaris’. Rhododendron bahuiniflorum The new growth on Quercus chapensis from seed grown by Margaret Miles from a conference in China in 2015. Gorgeous reddish-black…

…later than this. Magnolia ‘Columbus’ Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ laden with flowers. Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ Camellia japonica ‘China Doll’ Magnolia x veitchii above the Green Gate. His was an…

…seen in flower anywhere other than Ventnor Botanics. Myoporum laetum Myoporum laetum Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ starting to flower properly. Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ Cornus angustata ‘Empress of…

…Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Schefflera pauciflora (WWJ 11999) with nearly ripe seeds. Schefflera pauciflora Schefflera pauciflora Not quite ripe seeds on Illicium…

…Forty Niner’ Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Glaucum’ finally getting away after a slow start from 14 years ago. Sequoiadendron giganteum Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ – the red bark has just…

…ssp. diaprepes Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ flowering for the first time here although still in its deer shelter. Evergreen and vigorous. Cornus angustata ‘Empress of China’ Cornus angustata ‘Empress…

…Williams Subject: Rhodoleia spp. Dear Charlie, Thanks for your note regarding the Rhodoleia flowering. As usual this genus is a completely mixed up mess taxonomically and the Flora of China…

…Magnolia ‘China Town’ (syn. ‘Jing Ning’) in full flower. Magnolia ‘China Town’ (syn. ‘Jing Ning’) Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ badly frosted above the mist houses. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Magnolia…

…which is hopeful.Then the media frenzy with our celebrity, Gemma Arterton, and her sister who is even prettier. Gemma is perhaps best known as the Bond girl in ‘Quantum of…

…black Bond girl sensation, arrives half an hour late for the press photo call. She has been having £700 of make up and hair done at home. The media have…

…offered for sale initially by a German business – Heinje Baumschulen – who I do not know. The same pretty pictures with the German girl but no other details of…

…and an attractive trunk. We have always known this as M floribunda but, when I look in the reference book (Magnolias of China 2002), it actually looks more like Michelia…

…Mighty odd that only one michelia species has survived 80 to 90 years here but there we are. Were they collected and named in China from different areas incorrectly to…

…the Flora of China the Tregrehan plant would be cuspidata var cuspidata and the Trewithen plants cuspidata var grandiflora. Presuming that the 2 Trewithen plants are species and not cuspidata…

…a Wilson introduction named after his daughter, Muriel. 4. The 1665 great plague in the UK post-dated a massive bamboo inflorescence in China which led to an equally massive explosion…

…nagi) which I once imported from China but failed to then grow on. Nageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi) Nageia nagi (Podocarpus nagi) A splendid show of rhododendron species seedlings now well…

…C. sinensis assamica C. strictoclada (C. strictocarpa?) C. oleifera – East China C. vietnamensis C. minor C. bailingschanica (two forms with different coloured flowers) 2020 – CHW A fine secondary…