…first long catkins next spring? As is Styrax hookeri which is surprising. Styrax hookeri Very first few flowers out on the true Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Plenty of buds showing colour…

…is all wrong and there are no hairy ‘barbs’ on the leaf stem. This has caught me out before and I need to think. My guess is Rhododendron hookeri? Wrong…

…ill effect. Manglietia Moto Manglietia Moto Manglietia Moto Manglietia grandis has, as its name implies, huge leaves. M hookeri and M insignis are the only two old mature trees at…

…etc. Crimson Hookeri shows colour. Roses opening in beds. Cushion Iris nearly all out, and crossing mostly over. 1901 – JCW Picked some recurvas, sent two fine Poet flowers to…

…(nearly) etc, etc. Crimson Hookeri shows colour. Roses opening in beds. Cushion Iris nearly all out, and crossing mostly over. 1901 – JCW Picked some recurvas, sent two fine Poet…

…little, if any, flowers – Styrax serrulatus, Styrax hemsleyanus, Styrax hookeri. The hot weather seems to have slowed the others down and while a few flowers are out here and…

…off their flowers to insect pollinators? The exceptions are S. wilsonii, S. americanus, S. hemsleyanus and, partly, S. hookeri. S. japonicus (all forms) is perhaps the worst, followed by S….

…now on Salix hookeriana. Salix hookeriana Salix hookeriana Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ in the Isla Rose isn’t that exciting. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Sunset Swirl’ certainly is although…

…Chinese as to its true identity. We seem to be still no closer to knowing exactly what it is! Manglietia 0695 Tom Hudon’s TH-0695 Size Comparision Email correspondence M. hookeri…

…here. I suppose they might be when the new growth emerges. Ilex forrestii Ilex forrestii Ilex forrestii Ilex hookeri has (as you would expect) serrated leaves so this is a…