16th August

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Tom Hudson visits to investigate Lindera and Litsea species. I had rather taken…

3rd July

…often self-ignited). Click here for photo 1 and photo 2 From: Graham Webb Sent: 05 May 2020 12:19 To: Caerhays Enquiries Subject: Tom Michael photos Good morning, The article in…

22nd February

…main trunk has been pushed over in the wind and the light has got to the bottom of the tree. beech Agave americana and Fascicularia in as exposed a position…

30th May

Tom Hudson’s (2785) Rhododendron yuefengense from seed and here a flower. Rhododendron yuefengense Raf Lennart’s gift of Magnolia figo var crassipes x (M. foveolata x M. laevifolia) with its first…

21st September

…the spring. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ 2017 – CHW Tom Hudson gave us this pink lapageria two or three years ago. To my surprise it…

21st February

…cuspidata x Camellia saluenensis). Very similar to the supposed Camellia cuspidata var cuspidata (which it is not according to Tom) from Trewithen. Tom thinks Trewithen’s may be Camellia cuspidata var…

20th February

…sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sargentiana ‘Blood Moon’ The view from the bottom path in Old Park looking North today. view from the bottom path in Old Park An interesting fungi…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…be Callicarpa kwangtungensis unnamed Callicarpa species which may perhaps be Callicarpa kwangtungensis Following our visit to Tregrehan I received this email from Tom: From: Tom Hudson Sent: 12 August 2020…

21st October

…even if the leaves look very like Pterocarya on first sight. Cladrastis sinensis Cladrastis sinensis Crataegus aprica berries just ripening. Crataegus aprica Quercus liabmanii (Tom Hudson gift) suffered in the…

12th May

…mind and as now planted here. Deutzia longifolia First flowers on Rhododendron [?]. Rhododendron [?] Rhododendron klossii (T6346) planted in 2012 from Tom Hudson (not in the Pocket Guide to…