…her husband in part of the house. The main Chinese influence on Lady Edith was not Forrest but Kingdom Ward. The rhododendron collection is aging and getting rather grown in…

…were filming today but I was not required (thankfully). 2018 – CHW A day of filming with a Chinese Film Crew making a TV programme for the Chinese about George…

…plants on Bond Street which are the true Enkianthus cernuus rubens. Much larger bells and trusses than on the original Chinese plants in the Auklandii Garden but the anthers and…

…Camellia cuspidata or is it in fact Camellia lutchuensis? We played this game last spring but even though I now have the Chinese book on Species of the Genus Camellia…

…However the reference books list four species of lyonia of which two are from the US and two are Chinese. Mr Lyon was a north American plant hunter who died…

…to catch in the spring but I now stand corrected! Shoal of trout The Barn Owl box in the circular Noah’s Ark has been in place for 3 or 4…

…to cut into the trunk. The rabbit and roe deer guards remain in place. Removing tree ties from Matsumae cherries Magnolia ‘Bishops Michael’ just starting in Rogers Quary. Magnolia ‘Bishops…

…in fact Distylum racemosum but admits to the fact that Chinese forms may be different from those from Taiwan, Japan and Korea. I would say that the plant in the…

…Impressive! Podocarpus wongii Podocarpus wongii Hydrangea lobbii out in the greenhouse already. Very delicate and pretty lacecap flowers but clearly a bit tender. I lost this outside at Burncoose at…

…fraternity and the civil liberties people will hate that and claim Chinese style state control. All nonsense of course because your phone (when on) can be traced by the police…