…the future and checking on misnaming or plants with different names which turn out to be the same thing.The key new varieties include:Stewartia henryaeStyrax shiriainusStyrax dasyanthusStyrax formosanusStyrax japonicus ‘Fargesii’Styrax japonicus…

…ago were wonderful. Red and white Auklandii’s are very good. 1916 – JCW Yellow stuff well open, no real poets. Hot sun by day, cold wind. R fargesii has been…

…on what may or may not be Photinia macrophylla. Looks more microphylla to me! Photinia macrophylla Photinia macrophylla Blue seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii at the very top of the plant….

…Rhododendron fargesii full out. Rhododendron fargesii Magnolia ‘Olav Kallenberg’ with its first decent flower above Crinodendron Hedge. (M. ‘Black Tulip’ x M. liliiflora ‘Holland Red’). Another potentially excellent new variety…

…late form is not out, the Wilson denudata shows colour. Fargesii is very nice in three places. 1926 – JCW Planetum long over. Maculiferum – Pink Triflorum – Berberis fascicularia…

…Light’ – first flowering after planting last year. Aptly named. Camellia ‘Alpen Light’ Rhododendron fargesii full out in the quarry. Rhododendron fargesii Then off to Tregrehan.First sighting of Euptelia pleiosperma…

…cold of May 1923 leaves bare of Rhodo bloom. Rho fargesii is very good. 1914 – JCW R barbatum going over, also some Thomsonii x Arboreum hybrids. Mrs Butler x…

…– JCW We are a long way ahead of 1917. 1912 – JCW The Barbatums, Mrs Butler x, Thomsonii x, are at their best and so the Arboreum. Rho fargesii,…

…very nice. 1933 – JCW All the Corylopsis are very good indeed. Cherries just starting to open. Hybrid Calophytums are good and so the species. Rho fargesii is very nice….

…enjoy the wonders of this extraordinary garden with the Townsends. Here are some highlights below, Griselinia jodonifolia Rehderodendron kwangtungense Fuchsia glazioviana Decaisnea fargesii Corynabutilon click here for full details. 2017…