A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…fissuring bark. Quercus leucotricarpa Quercus leucotricarpa Quercus tungmaiensis – odd serrated leaves. Quercus tungmaiensis Quercus tungmaiensis Quercus candicans which is probably too tender to grow well outside Cornwall. We have…

Tom Hudson – Camellia cuspidata saga!

…propagation. The leaf formation is very different from what we saw at Trewithen as is the flower which is globular in bud. Leaves are serrated, rippled and much larger. I…

7th December

…ones with clear serrations on the edges. What does it ‘do’? Not in Hillier’s or New Trees! Turpina ternata Turpina ternata Turpina ternata Turpina ternata 2016 – CHW Magnolia ‘Betty…

13th November

…Hovenia acerba – Illicium parviflorum Forest Green – Leitneria floridana – Salix irrorate – Sapium japonicum – Zelkova serrata Variegata 2023 – CHWAnother interesting old newspaper article from 1871 regarding…

4th November

…Very serrated leaves and a good scent. This came from Stervinou nurseries in France a couple of years ago and is a welcome addition to the 25 or so different…

30th October

…and more serrated leaves. sasanqua sasanqua The earlier white sasanqua has five or six petals in each flower. sasanqua sasanqua The later white sasanqua has only four petals. sasanqua 2020…

18th June

…books or in Koen Camelbeke’s excellent pictorial key dated October 2014. Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu Stewartia ogisu I have yet to find our plants of Stewartia serrata, Stewartia…

3rd October

…climber to offer on the Burncoose website. Rather serrated leaves! Lardizabala biternata Lardizabala biternata 2016 – CHW Camellia sinensis is out in the greenhouse as a small plant bought from…

31st July

…after planting. Cuneifolia has very distinct leaves with serrations and a broad bushy spreading habit. It has loads of flower clusters or trusses but the flowers are tiny and come…

30th July

…pulchra (wild collected and given to us originally by Roy Lancaster) Forsythia mandschurica (no idea but dwarf?) Hydrangea serratifolia (as at Tregothnan – climber) Polyspora axillaris (see early February for…

26th July

…‘Polar Bear’ seedlings Ehretia dicksonii in flower. Ehretia dicksonii Ehretia thyrsiflora (now Ehretia acuminata apparently) with developed and serrated leaves which do seem a bit like the other species. Purple…

20th June

…the tree canopy and sometimes only on one side of the tree. Tom’s Carpinus polyneura and ours. Just about the same if you key out the 2 sized leaf serrations….

12th May

…realise that P. kumeraho has no serrations on its leaves but our two plants do. P. apetala has young leaves which are folded on the midrib so that two halves…

23rd April

…Harold Hillier). Camellia x reticulata ‘Ethel Hillier’ Camellia x reticulata ‘Christopher Petherick’ (c. reticulata ‘Royalty’ as one parent). Very serrated leaf edges. Camellia x reticulata ‘Christopher Petherick’ Camellia japonica ‘Comte…

20th February

…– renamed Deutzia sp. ‘Black Eyed Susan’: Unidentified. Exceptional. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Chichibu’ Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. stylosa Hydrangea serrata: Blue ex White House Farm Larix potaninii: Never saw the picture due…

19th February

…the greenhouse. Serrated leaves. Camellia trachocarpa Camellia trachocarpa Frankie has cleaned out the silting up which was causing the river to flow into the pond in floods. Thereby depositing all…

21st March 1897 – 2020

…an amazing climbing hydrangea from Tregrehan with pink flowers which were red in bud – Hydrangea serratifolia x peruviana. I took Michelia doltsopa, M. doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’, M. ‘Mixed up…