RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…x thompsonii) Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article. Stewartia sinensis

28th November

…just as colourful at present. Another nice surprise on a day threatening to wet the shooting party. Wisteria sinensis ‘Black Dragon’ Wisteria sinensis ‘Black Dragon’ 1979 – FJW Philip brought…

Visit to Tregrehan – 5th October

…with the same name on Burns Bank. Camellia sinensis (the tea tree) Camellia sinensis (the tea tree) Camellia brevistyla from Taiwan is also already in flower. We may have lost…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…with ripe podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Cephalotaxus sinensis (new to me – seems very like Cephalotaxus fortunei?). Cephalotaxus sinensis Cephalotaxus sinensis Melicytus alpinus – Roy Lancaster, the…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Hydrangeas

…‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’ Ripening seed on Illicium simonsii. Illicium simonsii Illicium simonsii Dregea sinensis growing through a camellia. Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris (Emei…

2nd January 1897- 2020

…Office. cryptomeria Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Just look at the white undersides of the leaves on one ilex oak (still) being battered by the wind. ilex oak (background) 2005 –…

8th February 1897 – 2020

…at this time of the year with peeling more or less complete for the season. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Acacia melanoxylon full out on a 70ft tree near the house….

8th August

…leaf Rhododendrons Plenty of elm-like pink seeds on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria angustifolia is covered in flowers high up the now 30 foot tall tree. Hoheria angustifolia…

21st August

…secondary growth leaves. Autumn colour on young leaves! What this species may lack in flowers it easily makes up for in leaf colour. Nyssa aff. sinensis Nyssa aff. sinensis Ehretia…

4th June

…the flowers are far too large. Need to see the seeds to key it out in full even if the calyxes look right. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Stewartia monodelpha about…

7th August

…of light blue-grey leaves. Elymus arenarius Elymus arenarius Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ was not bad either. Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Agapanthus ‘Graskop’ out long after all the others. Agapanthus…

29th May

…but well worth its place. No flowers yet out on Magnolia virginiana itself. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x virginiana 2016 – CHW Renovation of the old…

31st July

…nursery. Reminds me of the flower shape of Carrieria calycina also seen for the first time this year but these flowers are much smaller. Poliothrysis sinensis Poliothrysis sinensis Euonymus grandiflorus…

5th February

…Sycopsis sinensis Sycopsis sinensis Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ just out. Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ Small Liquidambar styraciflua with just a few purple-red leaves remaining at the top of the plants. Liquidambar styraciflua…

18th April

sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Amelanchier lamarckii on the drive – one of at least three. Similar to Amenlanchier laevis but the petals are smaller amongst other things….

20th April

…been worthwhile. Nor, unsurprisingly, have I yet seen a quince come to that! Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Picea smithiana with attractive drooping light green new growth. Picea smithiana Picea smithiana…

29th April

…x Magnolia obovata) A young Magnolia sieboldii sinensis flowering (true) for the first time. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii sinensis Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishiko Renge’ now full out. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishiko…

17th May

…the future working out which is which. Nice bark already on this one. Celtis sinensis Celtis sinensis The white flowered sport of Azalea ‘Greenway’ making a nice clump in Tin…

30th April

…flower. A cross between Magnolia wilsonii and Magnolia sinensis but showing, in its anthers at least, more wilsonii than sinensis in terms of colour. The plants are grafted which is…

1st June

…Attached is Maurice Foster’s email and archive pictures relating to Magnolia sieboldii sinensis. The pictures of our own plants’ leaves are attached. They are not as rounded as the herbarium…