…1955 and say 2005. Smart labels still to be produced by Karol. The plant list is attached. Tin Garden Ilex perado subsp. perado laden with ripe red fruits. The best…

…discover a nice clump of three youngish Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi by Georges Hut. Just one flower left. The original plant is on its last legs and will be dead…

…this was a grafted Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’. We did not! Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Marwood Spring’ Wonderful bark on Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. rigida which had flowered for…

…an Exbury form which we have not stocked before. It will not be out for six weeks. Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens…

Next Day > < Previous Day Return to Current Entries CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2020 – CHW The Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ full out…

…an excellent reddish show and, I think, earlier than usual. Stewartia monadelpha Quercus frainetto does not have autumn colour with us. Quercus frainetto Neither does Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla. Its…

…sort out.Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella in flower. Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ out already. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ Tetradium daniellii showing autumn colours. Tetradium daniellii…

…excelsa The true Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis just opening. Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis Maddenia hypoleuca has severe drought die back and now much reduced in size but still a few…

…well when cut back but not in extreme old age (i.e. 50 years plus). Rhododendron formosum Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi full out high up above the Main Quarry. This original…

…Peep’ now nicely out. Rhododendron ‘Bo Peep’ As now is Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum Absolutely gorgeous scent and full out today at 12-15ft tall is Daphne…

…magnolias open prematurely. A cold, overcast and generally nasty week with very few garden visitors to show for it. The Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Lanarth’ on the bank outside the…

…of Spades’ Hoheria ‘Ace of Spades’ Cotoneaster moupinensis with ripe berries. Cotoneaster moupinensis Rhus sylvestris – another new species. Rhus sylvestris Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhycophylla. Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhycophylla Prunus…

…‘Rusty’ A Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling glistens in the windy gloom in Old Park. Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum ‘Tony Schilling’ is nicely out at…

…Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata ‘Charles Raffil’ – not perhaps the best example of the Raffil Group that I have seen. Magnolia campbellii subsp. mollicomata…

…subsp. delavayi out together by the main quarry. Rhododendron lutescens and Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Then to Tregrehan and the sight of seeds on Schefflera rhododendrifolia with a distinct trunk…

…award in Tokyo where John Pringle made the presentation. The certificate will be posted! Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ in Burns Bank. Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia dawsoniana and Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla….

…davidii Rhododendron davidii Rhododendron davidii A Magnolia sprengeri from Lei Shan Magnolia sprengeri Acer negundo subsp. mexicanum Acer negundo subsp. mexicanum Debregeasia longifolia Debregeasia longifolia Debregeasia longifolia The champion tree…

…and planted Jan 2024. Magnolia ‘Big Ben’ Magnolia ‘Big Ben’ A wind battered flower or two left on Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. campbelli subsp mollicomata ‘Werrington’. Lunaplant have ‘Avalon’…

…Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Acer takesimense (now Acer pseudosieboldianum subsp. takesimense in New Trees) with seed heads forming and leaf structure. Planted in 2010 so it has grown quickly into a…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW The huge leaves on Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla (gift from Nicky Applewhite). Tilia…