…pink Viscosum in the Old Park is very good. Rho eriogynum and griersonianum and the Harrow hybrids with discolor and maddeni are very nice, also the big bed of Papa…

…Pinus austriaca is good. The Magnolia delavayi’s are flowering. Also Mag hypoleuca and parviflora. M glauca is not quite open. Rhodo’ discolor is good. Harrow hybrids fair, also Eriogynum and…

…parviflora and hypoleuca, also delavayi. 1924 – JCW The pink Moyesi, Styrax hemsleyanus, Discolor, and some Harrow hybrids are the best things open now. 1910 – JCW Have been in…

…and a parrot. A wet year – hay difficult – new growth on plants very marked. 1929 – JCW Hybrids of Ungernii, Decorum and Discolor x Auriculatum are very good,…

…against Mr Oldham?) Meliosma pungens – now simplicifolia var pungens (we have an elderly original) Meliosma cuneifolia – now Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp cuneifolia Meliosma flexuosa – now Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp…

…seed heads. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ Plenty of bud on the very early flowering Magnolia ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ Even more seed heads on this Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia which grows in…

…growing well at Glendoick Gardens. I cannot find it or remember where I put it. This is Ilex perado subsp. perado (now called perado subsp. azorica) which remained unidentified as…

…we now know is Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. campestre but flowering had already finished (seven to ten days) and the plants had vanished for another year.Also attached are Colin’s photographs of…

…from Nikki Applewhite. Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Acer campbellii subsp. frangipanense (BSWJ 8270) planted in 2010 with wonderful bronzy new growth and…

…last autumn. Holboellia latifolia subsp. chartacea Holboellia latifolia subsp. chartacea Eucommia ulmoides with elm-like leaves is a Chinese tree used to make rubber. These appear to be flower bracts which…

…‘Caerhays Splendour’ Ilex perado subsp perado is covered in nearly ripe berries. No sign of any flowers yet but they will come. Ilex perado subsp perado Ilex perado subsp perado…

…Court there. Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling A similar mature seedling of Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Rather better than ‘Blood…

…subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ Arthur rang and mentioned a camellia near the Top Lodge with ‘double’ flowers on each twig. I find Camellia ‘Desire’ which is…

…An oddity but never likely to be a best seller. Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela 2016 – CHW Magnolia ‘Todds Forty-Niner’ ten days…

…peeling to reveal creamy white bark flushed grey and pink. A little of all the bark forms is shown here. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…from the IDS visit in 2019. Quercus trojana Quercus trojana Betula utilis subsp. utilis ‘Mt Luoji’ is beginning to develop good peeling bark. Betula utilis subsp. utilis ‘Mt Luoji’ Acer…

…what basis was this change made I wonder? Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta Hydrangea aspera subsp. robusta Some redcurrant berries on Viburnum betulifolium but the pheasants are…

…finally full out but all the Hoheria seem to be having a year off from flowering. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ Unripe seed on Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia. Meliosma dilleniifolia subsp. cuneifolia…

…aspera subsp. strigosa (BSWJ 15152) Hydrangea aspera subsp. strigosa (BSWJ 15152) 2022 – CHW Prize giving at the annual GWCT Clay Shoot in the back yard. annual GWCT Clay Shoot…

…To recap, we have (or had) plants originally labelled M. dilleniifolia subsp. tenuis, M. dillenifolia subsp. cuneifolia and M. dilleniifolia subsp. flexuosa. The smaller plants of the latter have died…