30th May

…the new acquisitions to plant out in the autumn and new things which Asia has propagated. Lots of treats in store and everything looking in very good order. Maurice Foster’s…

18th December

…Ripening seeds on Schefflera delavayi. Schefflera delavayi This was planted as Camellia gigantocarpa and is flowering for the second time that we have seen. Maurice Foster has an interesting article…

1st June

…obovata ‘Pink Flash’ 2016 – CHW Attached is Maurice Foster’s email and archive pictures relating to Magnolia sieboldii sinensis. The pictures of our own plants’ leaves are attached. They are…

5th June

…calycina Looking good in the nursery today: Nepeta subsesillensis Deutzia compacta Hydrangea serrata ‘Vearle’ Lonicera tragophylla ‘Maurice Foster’ Round seeds on Eremurus robustus. Watsonia ardenei Papaver ‘Heartbeat’ The climbing Rosa…

9th March

…not seen before. I will enjoy showing this to Maurice Foster on Saturday if it lasts that long as he is one of the great experts! Michelia doltsopa ‘Rusty’ Michelia…

8th March

…now in the centre of the Old Park. 2019 planted. Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Black Swan’ Magnolia ‘Theodora’ is Maurice Foster’s UK bred M. ‘Dark Shadow’ x…

8th September

…of Cornwall meeting of:– Meliosma cuneifolia – Maurice Foster’s collection No. MF97137 from Baoxing, Sichuan – Meliosma cuneifolia – Tom Hudson’s collection No. TH0G97 from Caojiam, Yunnan Also a plant…