…a very few days before that.A small lead valley to replace above the Georgian Hall where we had a bad leak into the archive room in the spring. lead valley…

…but now a second stand out attribute. Carpinus polyneura Carpinus polyneura Carpinus polyneura Cabinet in place for our 4 new electric car chargers. Electric car charge cabinet 2022 – CHW…

…drooping flowers from equally odd, reddish buds in an odd formation. Clearly it flowers progressively over a long period. We have just the damp place in the Rockery for this…

…had not seen autumn colour before on the prickly Cudranea tricuspidata (Maclura tricuspidata), the Chinese silk thorn. Cudranea tricuspidata Cudranea tricuspidata The fruits on Malus rockii are still not really…

…Burncoose stand in late May which had been long over after milder winters. One might well argue that since Asiatic tree magnolias originate from the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and…

…Chinese authors) book on Camellia species. Is Camellia gigantocarpa this variable in its leaf form. Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Camellia gigantocarpa Finally the leaves on another Aesculus wangii…

…think not because the bark on the stem has not got an orange hue and the Chinese reference book makes no mention of brown bud coverings in C. crapnelliana. I…

…the diary describes the arrival of vast numbers of Chinese species of rhododendrons, camellias, magnolias and other ornamental trees and shrubs which were then unknown in Western Europe. Seeds of…

…case for reinstating it, like the Chinese, to species level. I also think that the links with wilsonii are too weak to relate it to that. I would value a…

…its leaves. Chinese too. Cuttings taken for Asia. Quercus rehderiana Quercus rehderiana Quercus rehderiana Castanopsis wattii was a new species to me. Looked a bit like Quercus lamellosa. Castanopsis wattii…

…‘Spring Morning’ (now Rhododendron) Menziesia ‘Smokey Rose’ (now Rhododendron) Magnolia laevifolia ‘Gails Favourite’ Rhododendron argyrophyllum ‘Chinese Silver’ Rhododendron wallichii Rhododendron excellans Rhododendron tyermanii Rhododendron ‘Plover’ (edgeworthii x dendrocharis) Azalea ‘Irohayama’…

…salignus clump. No scent yet and clearly rather tender. Bought from a French nursery and well worth its place and propagating. I need to look up its parentage but the…

…seedling but nearer the true Chinese original. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ The New Zealand form of Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ is at its absolute…

…have not taken it too badly.Above the Hovel in a good place is a 20 to 25 year old magnolia which is merely labelled as an ‘unknown seedling’. It is…

…BBC do a Trump and at least blame the Chinese a bit before Boris nationalises them too!Off to Forty Acres Wood in the sunshine to see if the yellow magnolias…

…fortunei – the Chinese plum yew, full of flower for the first time ever or ever seen by us anyway. The plants are dioecious so the two we have are…

…Magnolia maudiae (all slightly different) were the showstopper for the visit. Seed collected (not by Tom) from a selected plant in a Chinese temple originally. Huge flowers and much larger…

…plus years ago and the name may come to me. The original is in the Chinese Garden at Werrington. I have watched these berries since November and the pheasants as…

…‘Blood Moon’ Magnolia sinostellata with first flower. The Chinese form of Magnolia stellata which seems to be smaller with possibly more tepals than the one which we commonly know when…

…true Indian/Chinese tea plant as it was thought possible to grow in Cornwall before Tregothnan came along and started to pretend to be growing (all) their own tea. The true…