14th September

…coming into flower. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Ilex cornuta (BSWJ1118) has much more spined leaves than the older plant by the Auklandii Garden which featured in the holly inspection day….

17th September

…trapping is working. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Secondary flowers on young Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ are a pleasant surprise in the sunlight. Rhododendron…

21st September

…already a beautiful autumnal yellow. Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ already plastered with ripe ‘strawberry’ fruits. We must have got on…

2nd November

…var. notabilis Photinia beauvardiana var. notabilis Maackia chinensis has lost a twisted limb. Now all cut up and goodish autumn colour still remains here and there. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis

16th November

…serrulatus 2022 – CHW Yellow then, finally, red tints on Stachyurus chinensis. A better show here than Stachyurus praecox. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis A good show on the clump of…

14th June

…been called the late flowering ‘American’ (deciduous) azaleas on the drive by the Trevanion holly. ‘American’ (deciduous) azaleas Cornus kousa chinensis just about fully out on the drive above Four…

11th April

…rare to Cornwall fern in the Lower Rockery which the HLS weed survey discovered in 2011. Need to investigate and photograph. STACHYRUS ‘chinensis’ The stachyurus are all full out. Stachyurus…

8th July

…variety below Slip Rail which I had not spotted before with very tiny flowers but now think it is Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’ Cornus…

24th April

…growing out of a holly hedge. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Then on to the Sugar Loaf Mountain where the Chenevix-Trenches have started a garden sunk deep in a…

12th May

…three of which one is wrongly named. Exceptionally large flowers in large clusters. The leaf is bigger than other species too. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Two plants which are too…