…C paniculata very fine. Many, probably all the big Chinese have set for flowers, and many of them for the first time. Camellia sasanqua in flower and full of promise….

…yet quite out. 20-25ft tall plants. Schefflera macrophylla Camellia minor with seed heads (this one not listed in the Chinese species book). Camellia minor I see that the summer flowering…

…are struggling at Tregrehan after The Beast and even before. Nearly all the above are Chinese species. 2017 – CHW Here is the elderly Camellia sasanqua in its full glory…

…had not seen autumn colour before on the prickly Cudranea tricuspidata (Maclura tricuspidata), the Chinese silk thorn. Cudranea tricuspidata Cudranea tricuspidata The fruits on Malus rockii are still not really…

…Queen’ 2020 – CHW The Chinese state TV have sent us a copy of the film (in English) which they made, partly here, about Camellias (CGTN Signature Flowers of China…

…the old kitchen garden sits. Many Chilean plants are frost tender. We then thought about what Caerhays has very few of in terms of Asiatic/Chinese plant introductions from the early…

…was Chilean but it is actually Chinese although it only came to the UK in 1980. A plant which Burncoose could do a lot more to promote as something different….

…Meliosma day at Tregrehen on 21st July we saw the spikes of flower buds. These have taken 6 weeks to open and they are not fully open yet. The Chinese…

…largest and oldest of our Camellia oleiferas is almost over. Interestingly the Chinese book on the ‘Collected Species Of The Genus Camellia’ (Gao, Clifford Parks and Du) shows a rather…

…plus years ago and the name may come to me. The original is in the Chinese Garden at Werrington. I have watched these berries since November and the pheasants as…

…locate. Presumably dead. We have now relabelled all 200 or so magnolias planted between 1997 and 2017 with Karol’s home made Chinese labels. Karl’s magnolia labels Styrax japonicus ‘Fragrant Fountain’…

…2 weeks and are beginning corylopsis tomorrow. Camellia reticulata species at their best especially the English seedlings that are earlier as rule than the Chinese. A lot of Daffodils out…

…‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sinostellata with first flower. The Chinese form of Magnolia stellata which seems to be smaller with possibly more tepals than the one which we commonly know when…

…far its really not as bad as I had feared when coming down the drive last Sunday. However a few rare ancient and original Chinese introduced trees will probably pass…

…of the other Chinese species rather than earlier as in 2018. 4. Burncoose and Tregullow were 10 days or so behind Caerhays probably because they got heavy snow on 31st…

…Magnolia maudiae (all slightly different) were the showstopper for the visit. Seed collected (not by Tom) from a selected plant in a Chinese temple originally. Huge flowers and much larger…

…fortunei – the Chinese plum yew, full of flower for the first time ever or ever seen by us anyway. The plants are dioecious so the two we have are…

…BBC do a Trump and at least blame the Chinese a bit before Boris nationalises them too!Off to Forty Acres Wood in the sunshine to see if the yellow magnolias…

…seedling but nearer the true Chinese original. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is at its absolute…

…Chinese authors) book on Camellia species. Is Camellia gigantocarpa this variable in its leaf form. Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Finally the leaves on another Aesculus wangii…