25th October

…First flower out high up on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Secondary flowers on Styrax wilsonii as we have seen before. Styrax wilsonii And on my fathers Rhododendron ‘Red…

26th October

…var. paraguayensis with its last flush of flower weeks after it first showed. By now raining heavily! Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis Viburnum wilsonii with even better autumn colours than a…

Email from Maurice 1/6/2016

…– all appear to be contaminated in some degree by wilsonii. They all appear to be seedlings which tends to support that possibility, though sinensis seems easy to raise from…

15th March

…their best, King A, Sirius, G Bell and RRB well out. [?] at their best and so are R wilsonii, barbatum and most of the arboreums. 1902 – JCW Sir…

3rd July

…the best flower of that species. Styrax wilsonii very good indeed, some discolors are good. 1921 – JCW Very dry and hot for many weeks. The Sinograndes are frosted by…

18th July

…is now 12 feet tall and as much across. Just as floriferous as Styrax japonicus and rather more so than Styrax hemsleyanus or Styrax wilsonii who hide their flowers in…

1st July

…from Scotland, they have had good rain here, Griersonianum, Maddeni, Styrax wilsonii all very good. Many Magnolia parviflora open now. Azalea arborescens is well out for 4 small plants. 1925…

31st March

…At last, and for the first time here, Magnolia ernestii (formerly Michelia wilsonii M. sinensis) is just out. Similar in shape and colour to M. martinii but smaller and less…

23rd June

…in nature makes them do that rather than show off their flowers to insect pollinators? The exceptions are S. wilsonii, S. americanus, S. hemsleyanus and, partly, S. hookeri. S. japonicus…

22nd June

…more elliptical. The reference books are unclear. I think it is Styrax wilsonii but it may be Styrax officinalis which grows rather taller; twice the size in fact.A new Magnolia…