22nd May

…Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Gold King’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Gold King’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Gold King’ Ilex ficoidea in bud. Ilex ficoidea The old original Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis. Magnolia sieboldii

24th April

…after 30 years or so. Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ Azaleodendron ‘Harditzer Beauty’ Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishico Renge’ out in flower already. A month early at least. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Mishico Renge’ Magnolia sieboldii

28th September

…really nasty on the more mature trunk and stems. Xanthoxylum armatum Xanthoxylum armatum Xanthoxylum armatum Ripe seed shedding already on Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia sieboldii Eucryphia moorii fell over in the…

17th September

…Meliosma dilleniifolia var cuneifolia High time Asia collected the Magnolia sieboldii sinensis seed too from the original surviving wild collected plant. Magnolia sieboldii is ready now too in its various…

2nd September

…x veitchii for Asia to collect now. Magnolia wilsonii The nearby young Magnolia sieboldii seeds are not yet ripe although the two plants flowered at the same time. Magnolia sieboldii

11th January

…half of the leaves still present on Magnolia sieboldii ‘Genesis’ x Magnolia virginiana which, on reflection, is to be expected. Magnolia sieboldii ‘Genesis’ x Magnolia virginiana I collected ripe seed…

10th September

…good. Unusual to see so many clematis out in September. clematis Small plants of Strelitzia reginae in full flower. Strelitzia reginae Strelitzia reginae Still several flowers on Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia…

10th June

…The massive trunk of the Quercus acuta above Roger’s Quarry. Quercus acuta Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana First flower out on Magnolia dealbata….

17th August

…a Magnolia sieboldii. Magnolia sieboldii The first Hedychium to show here this year is H. yunnanense. I fear that I may have called it H. coronarium in error in previous…

13th June

…we have another in the frames to try out next spring somewhere rather better. Merrilliopanax alpinus Magnolia sinensis x sieboldii ‘Jersey Belle’ with its first smallish flower. This is a…