12th May

…Hedge. Maddenia wilsonii Maddenia wilsonii Attractive and dainty new growth on a young Meliosma pungens. Meliosma pungens We missed this acer on last weekend’s Maple Society tour – Acer cappadocicum…

20th June

…well. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii 2015 – CHW Tents on the lawn, tents below the lawn, hustle and bustle from all our staff and helpers. Charity fete tomorrow. We need…

9th May

…still in tight bud. Others, elsewhere, now properly out. Magnolia wilsonii Magnolia ernestii (formerly Michelia wilsonii) about ready to drop its last flowers after being out for five weeks. The…

9th September

…bench early in the season. All excellent. The outside beds are stuffed with rare new things to plant out next spring as well. Excellent again. Styrax wilsonii has produced copious…

14th August

…plant is now looking very tired and elderly. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Nearly ripe seeds on Styrax wilsonii. Asia needs to prepare to collect them fairly soon. Styrax wilsonii 2023…

7th July

…Maclura tricuspidata (BSWJ 12755) The felled oak tree only narrowly missed Magnolia ‘Leonora’. The felled oak tree The flowers finish and secondary new growth appears on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii

17th July

…first berries. Cotoneaster fangianus Lindera praecox now well established with good new growth. Lindera praecox Euonymus wilsonii is developing into a large evergreen shrub. Euonymus wilsonii Meliosma dentata (TH 4032)…

2nd July

…flowers and I am not convinced that the label was correct (as I have said before). Looks more like A. wilsonii or the other late flowering species. Aesculus californica The…

15th June

…turn pink. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Podocarpus henkelii and Aesculus wilsonii. Podocarpus henkelii and Aesculus wilsonii A less hidden than usual show of flowers on Styrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’. Syrax japonicus ‘Pendulus’…

1st August

…Clethra monostachya full out. Clethra monostachya Seed heads have formed very quickly after flowering on Styrax wilsonii. Styrax wilsonii Huge seed heads on Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ to gather in a…