…vibrant autumn colours. This was a gifted layer from the Tregrehan plant. Enkianthus serrulatus Acer forrestii has little notable autumn colour here. Rather drab. Acer forrestii Pruning out suckering growth…

…on what I hope Susyn Andrews will confirm as an ancient Ilex forrestii. Ilex forrestii A good day showing Tom Christian around the garden. Tom is deputy editor of the…

…clusters of yellow fruits quite high up. Sorbus ‘Hilling Spire’ So a pretty poor show on the drive anyway. Sorbus ‘Golden Wonder’ has zero fruits and Sorbus forrestii is bare…

…oleifera opens. One Thea forrestii. Some nice flowers of Roylei, fair of Learsiae. Hamamelis just starting. Mucronulatum open. Darleyense some flowers. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis are opening and Erica…

…Ilex cytura growing as a clump at Trewithen. I need to get to see these. Originally this holly was called Ilex forrestii and also incorrectly identified as Ilex ficoidea. Bean…

…Camellia sasanqua never half as good before. 1924 – JCW Hamamelis mollis. Cotoneaster salicifolia and frigida good fruiting. Erica darleyense V.G and a few Primula Forrestii just show flowers. Caucasicums…

…a big bed of Primula forrestii. 1920 – JCW Much as the above but it is even now a wonderful autumn. Camellia sasanqua is very nice on the small stable…

…1955. Serena was aware of this. A new and hefty upright trunk has grown up in the same spot today. Serena and Neil Another flower on Buddleia forrestii. First flowers…

…a rather blowsier version of Camellia ‘Nagasaki’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ Camellia forrestii – still in bud and looks tender. Entirely new species to me. Our policy remains to try to…