Mid Summer Beauties

Crinodendron hookeranum

Four plants to be found in flower in June at High Beeches Garden.



Crindodendron hookeranum a native of Chile and introduced by William Lobb in 1848.  A large shrub requiring lime free soil and partial shade. 





Styrax hemsleyana

Styrax hemsleyana a beautiful small tree from China introduced by E H Wilson in 1900.


Picea brewerana



Rhododendron Margaret Falmouth

Young growth and flowers on Picea brewerana. A medium sized conical tree Brewer's weeping spruce is probably one of the most beautiful of the spruces.  It was introduced from NW California in 1891 and is rare in the wild








Rhododendron Margaret Falmouth.  A late flowering hybrid rhododendron (Rh.griffithianum x Rh auriculatum).  A big shrub with large white scented flowers.

Bonsai Weekend

 

The Sussex Bonsai Group will be at High Beeches on Saturday/Sunday 22nd/23rd June.

 

There will be many prize winning plants on display and Members of the Group will be giving demonstrations of how to create and care for these beautiful miniature trees and shrubs.  Ken Norman, one of  the Sussex Bonsai Group members has won Gold Medals at Chelsea Flower Show and is a judge for the RHS.

 

Magnolias and Davidia



Davidia involucrata

The garden is ablaze with the colour of many azaleas.
Amongst all the colour there are some rare beauties to be found.  The famous Davidia involucrata also known as the dove or handkerchief tree.  The Davidia is a deciduous tree with vivid green leaves and the distinguishing bracts from which each flower is subtended.  It is a native of central and western China and was first discovered by the Abbe David in 1869 but was not introduced to Europe until l897 when one seed was germinated.  It flowered for the first time at Les Barres in l906.

Magnolia wilsonii

Magnolia wilsonii is a deciduous shrub with white, pendulous flowers in May and June.  A native of China it was introduced by Wilson in 1908 and is one of the most beautiful of his introductions




Magnolia sieboldii

Magnolia sieboldii, also known as the Oyama magnolia, is a large wide spreading shrub, the nodding flowers are egg shaped in bud, are white, fragrant and appear intermittently from May to August.  It is a native of  Japan and Korea and was introduced in l865.  Unlike many Magnolias it will do well in chalky soil.