…at all convinced. The purple colouring on the new growth looks, perhaps, more like Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ or ‘Blue Princess’? holly holly A 50 year old Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…

…have a little more work to do at the nursery to check all these identifications and compare the flowers. 2019 – CHW Huge seed clusters forming already on Lithocarpus pachyphyllus….

…last autumn have already germinated vigorously. Ripe seed sown immediately! Bethrocalyx crookshankii Seedlings from the cold frame of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus which germinated last year (two years from sowing) are now…

…Ewe’ Squirrels are carrying and devouring the clumps of Lithocarpus pachyphyllus a long way from the trees themselves. Lithocarpus pachyphyllus A totally different autumn colour on this clump of Enkianthus…

…var insigne Barbara Oozeerally, the magnolia artist, has sent me a picture of what she calls the ‘stone oak’ (Lithocarpus pachyphyllus seed) painted from seed collected here. It is being…

…respite in the Green Hut 2015 – CHW In my absence and lots of rain the seeds on the Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have really begun to swell. Amid the seed clusters…

…much newer Lithocarpus pachyphyllus.Only one old spreading plant survives. It does have broader leaves than Magnolia wilsonii but too high up to smell if it has a lemon scent. Photography…

…on a record tree; Lithocarpus pachyphyllus. Some evidence of bleeding cankers and rot at the base. elderly oak tree elderly oak tree elderly oak tree 2016 – CHW Cotoneaster hualiense…

…in flower from suckers (sign of hot summer?). Quercus oxyodon in flower (first time?).1998 – FJW Picked flower of Sinocalyanthus – first time it has flowered here. Young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…

…caught out. Also much cloud. Everywhere at their best – 2 young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus have seed. 1951 – CW Lapageria just out. Eucryphia pinnatofolia not at best and Nymansii beginning….