…I had always thought this tree was Persea japonica but now it has schima flowers high up. The leaves are not at all like those on our other nearby schima….

…Debregeasia longifolia (BSWJ 11686) Debregeasia longifolia (BSWJ 11686) Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421). Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421) Schima argentea (15423) looks nothing like our existing plant of this name. Schima argentea…

…seed heads and already dark red leaves. Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) Viburnum hoanglienense covered in reddening seed heads. Viburnum hoanglienense First flowers showing colour on Schima superba. Cornus Schima superba…

…year. The new planting from 2 years ago The new planting from 2 years ago The best thing by far in the garden today was Schima khasiana. Masses of flowers…

…which looks like it started life as a layer. Rhododendron hookeri Rhododendron hookeri Why is it that our Schima wallichii has only the odd ripe seed while Trewithen’s is plastered?…

…from Peter Mills. Nyssa sinensis ‘Jim Russell’ A young Schima superba (Mu-he-shu) with light coloured new growth. Schima superba (Mu-he-shu) First flowers on one of Tom Hudson’s Manglietia insignis. The…

…nearby have not. Two rhododendrons Schima superba (Mu He Shu) with now reddish new growth. Earlier it looked much whiter. Schima superba (Mu He Shu) Phoebe sheareri settling in well…

…with flowers. Collected a large envelope full in only a couple of minutes. Styrax formosanus var formosanus Seed forming on Schima khasiana which I have never observed before. Not long…

…has hardly turned yet although it appears autumnal.Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ is most striking on the drive. Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ The schima is still full…

…Rival’ And we wonder why branches break off on young magnolias! Six pheasants drying off on this small tree. pheasants drying off 2022 – CHW Schima superba just out into…