…Chinese book on Species of the Genus Camellia (coedited by Dr Clifford Parks) it is still very hard to make sense of the descriptions. This plant was supposedly collected by…

…which is about to be broadcast on Chinese prime time national TV. What could be more topical!The Chinese film crew were here about a year ago. Too late for the…

…species of lyonia of which two are from the US and two are Chinese. Mr Lyon was a north American plant hunter who died in 1818 so Jim was nearly…

…been near to to report your COVID symptoms. The Big Brother is watching fraternity and the civil liberties people will hate that and claim Chinese style state control. All nonsense…

…of Littleworth’ full out behind Georges Hut. A pre 1884 hybrid (FCC 1904) but still very well worth its place. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ and Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’….

…either of our plants. Hilliers says that this is the Chinese form of Distylium racemosum which I have seen in flower in the nursery and which does have similar flowers….

…delicate and pretty lacecap flowers but clearly a bit tender. I lost this outside at Burncoose at 4ft tall after a cold winter. Hydrangea lobbii Hydrangea lobbii Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver…

…plant is in full sun in Kennel Close. Is it really a species? Camellia maliflora Camellia maliflora The new Green Gate to replace the old rotten one. new Green Gate…

…and paid for on their various Chinese expeditions up to 1932.   Garden Diary JC had no interest atall in publicising his garden or his considerable work hybridising the new…

…ripening. 2015 – CHW A new Chinese species to Caerhays awaits planting next spring. Liquidamber acalycina only came to the UK in the early 1980s. It has easily recognisable large…

…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…

…with fruits yet again this year. Cladrastis sinensis, the Chinese yellowwood, still with leaf. Its American cousin has been leafless for weeks. Cladrastis sinensis Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ may not…

…that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus 2015 – CHW Schefflera taiwaniana has seed pods…

…from the Werrington Chinese Garden plant list. It may well be Pyrus pashia. pyrus pyrus 2015 – CHW Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry) on the lawn still has some leaves but the…

…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…

…grown by Ross Smith at Rosewarne) flowering away well for the second time (as usual) below Donkey Shoe. Planted 2015 in a place where the cinnarbarinum x concatenans hybrid ‘Caerhays…

…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….

…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’…

…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…

…sitting in the mainly Chinese Cotoneaster species collection but that will puzzle a few plant experts one day. Hardy say Hilliers. Myrceugenia ovata var. nannophylla Myrceugenia ovata var. nannophylla Cotoneaster…