31st July

sinensis Poliothrysis sinensis Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ in full flower and very fine indeed. By euonymus standards a very large flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ 2019…

7th August

…‘Ghosa’ was not bad either. Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Miscanthus sinensis ‘Ghosa’ Agapanthus ‘Graskop’ out long after all the others. Agapanthus ‘Graskop’ Kniphofia ‘Nancys Red’ flowering well in small pots. Kniphofia…

8th August

…the little used water tanks below the church. big leaf Rhododendrons big leaf Rhododendrons Plenty of elm-like pink seeds on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria angustifolia is covered…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…with ripe podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Cephalotaxus sinensis (new to me – seems very like Cephalotaxus fortunei?). Cephalotaxus sinensis Cephalotaxus sinensis Melicytus alpinus – Roy Lancaster, the…

21st October

…even if the leaves look very like Pterocarya on first sight. Cladrastis sinensis Cladrastis sinensis Crataegus aprica berries just ripening. Crataegus aprica Quercus liabmanii (Tom Hudson gift) suffered in the…

6th August

…Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ full out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ First flowering with us of the new Clethra monostachya. One for Asia to now propagate….

19th June

…rhederiana ‘Fern Leaf’ I have always wondered what Dipteronia sinensis looked like in flower. Several plants are older than this one but none are in full sun as this is….

30th April

…I have seen Magnolia ‘Jersey Belle’ in flower. A cross between Magnolia wilsonii and Magnolia sinensis but showing, in its anthers at least, more wilsonii than sinensis in terms of…

30th May

…Prinsepia sinensis Prinsepia sinensis Viburnum cassinoides is another good addition to the growing Viburnum collection – must be 40+ species now. Viburnum cassinoides Maytenus magellanica is the second species of…

21st August

…in leaf colour. Nyssa aff. sinensis Nyssa aff. sinensis Ehretia thyrsiflora with purplish secondary new growth after the recent rain. Look at the white speckling on the new growth bark…