…on a young Lindera praecox ready now for planting out. A new species to us and available at the nursery also. Lindera praecox Lindera praecox Illicium philipinense, also a new…

…growth. A very vigorous species. Lindera tonkinensis Lindera tonkinensis Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ now full out as is the older plant at the top of the garden. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Camellia…

…good bark and quite unlike ours which is shrubby and flowers later in the season. Much confusion in the reference books about this species. Lindera cercidifolia Lindera cercidifolia Rhododendron protistum…

…blew over last winter having finally achieved flowering size. Magnolia conifera var. chingii Lindera reflexa which has failed here. Lindera reflexa Lindera reflexa Quercus liucotrichocarpa Quercus liucotrichocarpa Quercus liucotrichocarpa Quercus…

…yellow. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Alniphyllum aff. eberhartii still in full leaf – no flowers as yet although it is now 10-12ft tall. Alniphyllum aff. eberhartii A young Rhododendron bureavii…

…commixta Sorbus commixta 2018 – CHW Lindera obtusiloba will soon be breaking bud. A deciduous species of great merit. There is an elderly plant near the house at Rosemoor. Lindera…

…Camellia x williamsii I have missed the gorgeous yellow of Lindera sericea this year. Lindera sericea Lindera sericea 2018 – CHW Metasequoia glyptostroboides showing its wonderful coppery autumn tints in…

…last two years. Tim has done an excellent neat cutback of the whole plant. More chance of success here than with the Symplocos. Lindera communis Lindera communis By way of…

…xylocarpum Melliodendron xylocarpum Illicium philippinense –(CWJ 12466) nearly over beside it. Illicium philippinense –(CWJ 12466) Lindera praecox looking spectacular in the Rookery. A plant we have lost elsewhere. Lindera praecox…

…old. Lindera aggregata Lindera aggregata I have tried Parkameria lotungensis (very similar to Magnolia nitida) at least twice. Here it struggled before wind or a strimmer got the last twig….