…the near black tepals. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Our largest Magnolia rostrata has flower buds showing pink very high up. This was given to us by Tom Hudson when…

…swollen seed heads on Stewartia rostrata. Stewartia rostrata A few secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Winsome’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ already starting to show up well. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Flowers…

…originating from Maypeng in Taiwan. Neolitsea aciculata First flowers just showing on Stewartia rostrata in a shady spot. Stewartia rostrata Michelia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ still covered in flowers weeks…

…Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’ Stewartia rostrata is plastered in bud which should open in time. Stewartia rostrata Time to clip the box balls ready for the big event. If you do…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Stewartia rostrata in Kennel Close. Stewartia rostrata A pink tinge to the…

…in a thicket shows no buds anywhere near out. Similarly Magnolia rostrata (Tom Hudson form and rather different leaves from our old original plant – now dead). No sign of…

…China’ Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’. Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ 2024 – CHW Jaimie and Michael win the RMC Group Centenary Cup for our exhibit of Magnolia rostrata at the Trewithen…

…of pink on the reverse of the odd petal. From the autumn colour seen last autumn on this young plant I suspect it may well in fact be Stewartia rostrata….

…rostrata has a flower on one of its lowest branches. Magnolia rostrata 2020 – CHW A good young Rhododendron decorum below Donkey Shoe. Rhododendron decorum I have a mental name…

…FJW A very wet April – cold. 1993 – FJW A wet April. 1944 – CW All daffs over in Tin Garden. Auklandii still very good. Magnolia rostrata and fraseri…

…on Magnolia rostrata for first time since 1955. 1930 – JCW Auklandii just opening, Souliei x hardly moving, Incisa and Subhirtella lot are over. Mag halleana at its best. Kobus…

…Stewartia rostratas have only 25% of the flowers they produced last year. Stewartia x henryae still in tight bud in Kennel Close. Escallonia tucumanensis is a gorgeous species from Argentina….

…a few flowers at the very top of the tree. Stewartia pseudocamellia is long over, Stewartia rostrata going over and Stewartia pteropetiolata just reaching its best. 2017 – CHW My…

…looks more like Stewartia rostrata to me. The perils of buying seed grown things from overseas. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Another Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Snowbell’ with better flowers. Styrax japonicus…

…Tilia henryana Tilia henryana Stewartia pteropetiolata covered in seedpods alongside a fine Stewartia rostrata which was covered too. Stewartia pteropetiolata Magnolia officionalis biloba, which flowers in March, has several small…

…it always has here. Stewartia x henryae Stewartia monodelpha is even better. A far better show in Kennel Close this year than Stewartia rostrata which is normally the best autumn…