…The huge flower heads on Meliosma oldhamii are still not actually out although they are so massive that branches are being bent over. Meliosma oldhamii Meliosma oldhamii This is our…

…yet out but the flower spikes are clearly visible. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp cuneifolia Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp cuneifolia A maddenia rhododendron with huge white flowers which I have never seen before…

…japonica The label for this Hedychium seems to have vanished. Hedychium 2023 – CHW Interesting secondary new growth on Meliosma sp. TH5092 from North Vietnam. Meliosma sp. TH5092 First flowers…

…October. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrests Pink’ The Meliosma flexuosa up Hovel Cart Road has still got most of last year’s leaves on the small tree. Bizarre! So we will not easily…

…as you can see on the Hovel Cart Road bank. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘J C Williams’ Meliosma beaniana just coming into flower. Meliosma beaniana An unknown symplocos species for…

…usual on Meliosma veitchiorum. Meliosma veitchiorum First few flowers showing on Azalea ‘Hinomayo’. Azalea ‘Hinomayo’ The leaf is nearly off Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ a good month earlier than last year….

…and earlier! A large group of Canada geese about to land at Treveor. Canada geese A young Meliosma dentata (TH 4032) from Mexico with its first ripe fruits which Asia…

…forming in profusion on Meliosma tenuis. Meliosma tenuis Lithocarpus kawakamii getting going slowly. Another gift from Tom Hudson. Lithocarpus kawakamii Podocarpus chingianus also from Tregrehan. Podocarpus chingianus An old Eucryphia…

…‘Sparkling Burgundy’ Excellent autumn colour on Meliosma veitchiorum. Meliosma veitchiorum Planting and wire netting surrounds in place above Higher Quarry Nursery. above Higher Quarry Nursery The secondary flowering on Rhododendron…

…sun on Meliosma veitchiorum (planted close to Styrax veitchiorum). Meliosma veitchiorum Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Atropurpureum’ outstanding today above the sales point. Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Atropurpureum’ Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Atropurpureum’ 2019…

…Rookery. new planting in the Rookery new planting in the Rookery Meliosma parviflora was a gift from the Botanic Garden in Nantes. A new species to us and it looks…

…and broken a few leading stems and side branches on younger magnolias. Cladrastis kentukea is half blown away. Cladrastis kentukea First flowers out on Camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera Meliosma species…

…planted only 18 months ago. Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ The seeds are now ripe on Meliosma dillenifolia subsp cuneifolia on the other side of the path. Time for Asia to collect…

…finally full out but all the Hoheria seem to be having a year off from flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Unripe seed on Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia…

…seed heads. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ Plenty of bud on the very early flowering Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Even more seed heads on this Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia which grows in…

…is a fine thing! Better each year. Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Good new growth on a young Meliosma pungens which replaces a recent casualty of this…

…Meliosma veitchiorum. Last year’s plantings were all munched and leafless. Why do deer only select the rarest plants to kill? Meliosma veitchiorum Secondary flowering on Rhododendron flavidum as normal. Rhododendron…

…Rookery. Thuja koraiensis Rhododendron eximium Rhododendron eximium A fine clump of near pure Rhododendron calophytum seedlings in the Rookery. Rhododendron calophytum seedlings Rhododendron calophytum seedlings Our champion Meliosma alba (beaniana…

…his way out of that one?Crinodendron hookerianum in bud already – three week early. Crinodendron hookerianum Meliosma alba flowers nearly over. Meliosma alba Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Moonspire’ with the usual…

…is already obvious and I am far from sure if this tree will survive. Quercus fleurii Meliosma pungens needs higher wire netting to keep the deer off. Meliosma pungens Myrsine…