31st October

…Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ And on a young Stewartia monodelpha in the sun and east wind. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ full out above the greenhouse. A…

16th June

…FJW Hunt (Kew) here – Styrax fargesii in full flower for FIRST time. 1920 – JCW The Maddeni Crassum lot are very good now . Styrax hemsleyana also and R…

7th March

…‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish Snow Michael’ This Quercus engleriana came from Kew in the 1920s according to the records. This species has just arrived onto…

9th April

…flowers low enough to photograph properly on the original tree but here we have a treat and you can see the true colour. Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ Magnolia ‘Kews Surprise’ Stachyurus…

17th October

…Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Argenteomarginatus’ 2017 – CHW Asia has very cleverly spotted that what is labelled Lardizabala biternata in the greenhouse does not conform with a Google search. Although it does…

11th October

…rhetinodes Cestrum nocturnum scenting the greenhouse. Cestrum nocturnum Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ covered in flower. Spiraea japonica ‘Anthony Waterer’ Viburnum plicatum ‘Mariesii’ with autumn colour and still a few late…

5th June

…by the greenhouse. Hydrangea ‘Madame Emile Mouillère’ The 14 plants bought from Crug Farm over the weekend are now safely installed and repotted at the greenhouse. plants bought from Crug…

9th March

…for the first time in the middle of Old Park. Michelia doltsopa ‘Rusty’ which has no picture with it in the listing in the Eisenhut book: This evergreen up to…

16th August

…A newly planted Celtis tetrandra although I am not convinced this is the tree photographed and described in New Trees. Originally a Wilson introduction to Kew in 1908 and then…

14th May

…Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ turns yellow when full out! Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Azalea ‘White Throat’, a double, is just coming out on the drive as a young plant….