20th July
…One of three planted but the other two failed. An old Hydrangea villosa used to grow exactly here. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana 2019 – CHW Penvergate…
…One of three planted but the other two failed. An old Hydrangea villosa used to grow exactly here. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana 2019 – CHW Penvergate…
…a holly so naming to confirm by Susyn here also. Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii This Metrosideros robusta has been grown on under…
…think. A pale colour and variable mainly semi double flowers. Camellia sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ Berries turning colour now in profusion on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado First…
…the same apart, perhaps, from flower size and the timing of the flowering. Our old M. sieboldii subsp. sinensis has much better and larger flowers (and differently positioned on the…
…sinensis with secondary flowering. Eucryphia glutinosa covered by Wisteria sinensis Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ with, as usual, exceptional secondary new growth which is pink and white becoming mottled green…
…bud. Quite different to what we have known here as C. sinensis on Burns Bank but this is a wide ranging species. Camellia sinensis Camellia sinensis Seed heads on Illicium…
…the stem. Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis In the shade the few Stewartia rostrata flowers this year are pure white. More pink in…
…so days ago. Very blue indumentum on the undersides of the huge leaves. Quite the magnolia find of the year! Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei Magnolia macrophylla subsp ashei Magnolia macrophylla…
…it. This is Ilex perado subsp. perado (now called perado subsp. azorica) which remained unidentified as a huge clump before the visit of Philippe de Spoelberch in 2002. This was…
…gift this year from Nikki Applewhite. Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Acer campbellii subsp. frangipanense (BSWJ 8270) planted in 2010 with wonderful bronzy…