…Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Tilia carolina subsp. heterophylla Styrax faberi just coming out. Styrax faberi Ilex kingiana with berries already setting. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Jaimie and Michael just back…

…peeling to reveal creamy white bark flushed grey and pink. A little of all the bark forms is shown here. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘China Ruby’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…An oddity but never likely to be a best seller. Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela Hydrangea anomela subsp anomela 2016 – CHW Magnolia ‘Todds Forty-Niner’ ten days…

…Magnolia ‘Betty’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Ann’ Magnolia ‘Judy’ Magnolia ‘Judy’ The best rhododendrons flowering in the species collection were: Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp xanthocodon Purpurellum Group Rhododendron cinnabarinum subsp…

…yet another big leaf. Rhododendron rex Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp xanthocodon ‘Purpurellum Group’ – perhaps my favourite colour. Half the superb clump has died since last year. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp xanthocodon…

…crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata subsp. ‘Lanarth’ Magnolia sprengeri var. Diva ‘Burncoose’ crossed with Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata subsp. ‘Lanarth’ The view back to the nearly cleared Kitchen Garden…

…flowers blown open on the 1912 planted Magnolia campbellii. Magnolia campbellii Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum already full out. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum First flowering of a young Polyspora on Rookery…

…Court there. Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata seedling A similar mature seedling of Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Rather better than ‘Blood…

…day here with heavy rain so here are some other plants from Rosemoor yesterday. Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp niptiophila – showing its bark to best effect. Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp niptiophila Eucalyptus…

…‘Caerhays Splendour’ Ilex perado subsp perado is covered in nearly ripe berries. No sign of any flowers yet but they will come. Ilex perado subsp perado Ilex perado subsp perado…

…aspera subsp. strigosa (BSWJ 15152) Hydrangea aspera subsp. strigosa (BSWJ 15152) 2022 – CHW Prize giving at the annual GWCT Clay Shoot in the back yard. annual GWCT Clay Shoot…

…Office. cryptomeria Pseudocydonia sinensis Pseudocydonia sinensis Just look at the white undersides of the leaves on one ilex oak (still) being battered by the wind. ilex oak (background) 2005 –…

…Sycopsis sinensis Sycopsis sinensis Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ just out. Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ Small Liquidambar styraciflua with just a few purple-red leaves remaining at the top of the plants. Liquidambar styraciflua…

…‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonica ‘Evening Light’ Ripening seed on Illicium simonsii. Illicium simonsii Illicium simonsii Dregea sinensis growing through a camellia. Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis Hydrangea anomala ssp. petiolaris (Emei…

…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…

…with the same name on Burns Bank. Camellia sinensis (the tea tree) Camellia sinensis (the tea tree) Camellia brevistyla from Taiwan is also already in flower. We may have lost…

…x thompsonii) Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Rhododendron ‘Lady Linlithgow’ Wonderful peeling park on this young Stewartia sinensis planted in 2008. Useful for my forthcoming stewartia article. Stewartia sinensis…

…just as colourful at present. Another nice surprise on a day threatening to wet the shooting party. Wisteria sinensis ‘Black Dragon’ Wisteria sinensis ‘Black Dragon’ 1979 – FJW Philip brought…

…in more or less full leaf. Celtis sinensis Celtis sinensis Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana growing away well. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Here is a list of the new plants which…

…growth. Styrax officinalis Lots of ripe seeds for Asia on Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Stewartia sinensis doing its best to compete. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Cotoneaster cordifolius ‘Ogisui’…