…This is not a species known in the wild in China but it came first to the UK as a form of sasanqua in 1818. Camellia maliflora Camellia sasanqua ‘Blush’…

…film screen when the gardens are open. The cabinets will be used to display artefacts from the George Forrest plant hunting expeditions to China between 1902 and 1932. Originally we…

…species of camellia from Vietnam one of which is aquatic in habit! The International Camellia Society has 1,800 worldwide members. The RHS Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia society about 900. China…

…the 1960s and 1970s many of the rhododendron species collected in China 50 to 60 years earlier came into their prime. Julian also produced a number of new magnolia hybrids…

…from China. Lithocarpus henryi A new species of stewartia – Stewartia villosa. No flowers as yet but similar hairs on the new growth to Stewartia pteropetiolata. Slightly sticky leaves too….

…the taxonomy in New Trees. Fascinating plant and quite widespread, I have seen it in Arunachal Pradesh through Western China into Nth Vietnam. The best autumn colour form seems to…

…two years: Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) – another new and hopefully hardy species. Persea indica (BSWJ 12535) Quercus chapensis – seed from the 2015 oak conference in China and gifted…

…year celebrations of its founding next spring. The new book is all written and soon off to China to be printed (3,000) copies. The first meeting 25 years ago was…

…very Cornish. Attached is an article in final form about the longevity of rhododendron species from China to celebrate the centenary of the foundation of The Rhododendron Society in 1916…

…The shape of the flower, while Magnolia campbellii in shape generally, is radically different from our original Magnolia campbellii Alba’s from China which have much larger flowers with a tall…

…species. Camellia crapnelliana Camellia crapnelliana Camellia crapnelliana Camellia highnanensis grows on an island off the south coast of China. Also probably too tender to grow even in Cornwall. Camellia highnanensis…

…and sunny weather continue so that we can all enjoy the best things pillaged from China 100 years ago! 2015 – CHW CAMELLIA ‘Mary Williams’ Camellia reticulata clump below Donkey…

…going and this plant clearly needs potting and caning up straight. From China and Taiwan. Long pointed leaves a bit like a huge yew. Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana…

…time with us. Roy has seen this in China. Pale yellowish flowers. Sarbus aff. ligustrifolium Sorbus aff. ligustrifolium Photinia macrophylla with a few fruits still holding on the tree which…

…check the leaves later on. I suspect there is a good botanical muddle amongst the new lindera species found fairly recently mainly in China and introduced to the UK via…

…gift from Jim Gardiner and is from wild collected seed in China. What a colour and a true sprengeri shape. The plant has some dieback and needs some TLC to…

…seen before here from Korea, China & Mongolia. Where did Asia get them? Seed I assume? Campylotropis macrocarpa 2023 – CHW Magnolia seed heads already ripe and shedding in September….

…long. The flowers are pendulous with purple anthers which fade quickly and finally open out upside down which is not exactly how they are shown in ‘Magnolias of China’. The…

…Viburnum wrightii Viburnum fordiae – this evergreen species is making good progress and promises to become a large shrub. Native to China. Viburnum fordiae Viburnum fordiae Viburnum hoangliense – a…

…find all this to have been bonkers! Only the British public would have obeyed so readily. Just look at German and US protestors. China knows how to deal with them!…