20th April

insignis really is fantastic. Red new growth is designed to deter grazing cattle, deer or goats it is assumed. Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Still perfect flowers on Camellia x williamsii…

14th February

…clear but the mess remains. fallen 40 year old Pinus insignis fallen 40 year old Pinus insignis This is the sister seedling to Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ outside the front gate….

17th July

…very pink flowers. The tree is about 25-30ft tall and has flowers all over with many buds lower down still to come out. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis Vaccinum dunalianum caudatifolium…

20th February

…mess across the road near Tubbs Mill. road Branches off a Magnolia mollicomata. Magnolia mollicomata Massive limbs off a Pinus insignis. Pinus insignis Magnolia campbellii after Eunice. Magnolia campbellii Near…

4th March

…until recently. It has hit a rather nicely shaped liquidambar which was a gift to my father from Lord Falmouth. Pinus insignis Pinus insignis Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ now full out…

29th March

…shoot. Magnolia insignis Magnolia insignis I thought I had seen the first beech leaves out but this is actually (I think) a wild cherry growing from a crevice in an…

26th April

insignis with its slightly coppery new growth. Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Our young clump of Rhododendron williamsianum has a few flowers. Usually two flowers only in…

12th June

insignis Magnolia insignis A flower or two left on Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’. Showing colour five weeks ago. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ But no buds this year on Magnolia sapiensis (three last…

26th June

…was wrongly labelled as a Michelia. A decent tree today and very fine in flower. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ now full out and the best thing…

28th June

…is what has been shifted. here is what has been shifted Cut Manglietia insignis. It’s even better close up. Gorgeous pink. Manglietia insignis Manglietia insignis 2024 – CHW Swelteringly hot…

4th July

…Quercus insignis Quercus insignis Lithocarpus variolosus is absolutely plastered in inflorescences. Far more than in any previous years. Perhaps it will now produce some clusters of fertile acorns? Small clusters…

10th September

…plant with wire like this one now? Infuriating. A cull needed! Deer damage Deer damage Mahonia savilleana still not properly out yet. Mahonia savilleana The young Manglietia (Magnolia) insignis which…

12th August

…a few lower branches. Eucryphia lucida Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ just reshooting from the main stem after drought damage. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ A newly planted Magnolia yunnanensis x M. insignis has…

6th October

…cut a twig which may have berries with the long handled pruners. In the 1966 tree measuring schedule these ilex are listed as Ilex insignis and the identical two have…

9th October

…on Quercus insignis. Quercus insignis Mallotus japonicus has grown on well this year. A few flower heads. Mallotus japonicus Another picture of the pruned Gevuina avellana. Gevuina avellana A low…

20th October

…Pinus insignis stump. I thought it would kill them eventually but the next door camellias will be fine as they do not get honey fungus. Well known tip when planting…

23rd October

…‘Shin-Akebono’ Pachystegia insignis – another new plant for 2021. Pachystegia insignis Rhododendron edgeworthii with a couple of flowers. Rhododendron edgeworthii Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Perle Rose’ in full flower. Ceanothus x…

3rd March

…chengiana Pseudotsuga wilsoniana from Taiwan. Pseudotsuga wilsoniana Pseudotsuga wilsoniana Fraxinus griffithii – an evergreen and also from Taiwan. Fraxinus griffithii Fraxinus griffithii Cupressus jiangeensis. Cupressus jiangeensis Cupressus jiangeensis Betula insignis

15th August

…4595) Nothaphoebe cavaleriei looks quite different to the Phoebe cavaleriei photographed only a couple of days ago. Nothaphoebe cavaleriei Nothaphoebe cavaleriei Decaisnea insignis (also from Tom) is now growing away…

30th November

…is a totally unknown genus to me but looks a bit like an evergreen Vaccinum species. Adinandra Our best Quercus insignis in shelter which (thankfully) does not have sappy young…