…the ‘spring’ season had started. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum A pale blue flowering form of Vinca minor ‘La Grave’ (‘Bowles Variety’) has colonised the hedgerow opposite Caerhays Barton…

…Fuchsia boliviana Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower…

…Azalea ‘Palestrina’ under the main Magnolia campbellii. Palestrina often produces a branch with mauve flowers rather than the predominant normal white. A couple of plants here have not only mauve…

…then turn a gentle mauve. Very attractive. Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ We saw what a late frost had done to the Gunnera plants nearest the bottom of the…

…to us by Peter Moore. A mauve flower which fades markedly as it matures to a light mauve-pink. Good white indumentum under the leaves. Buddleia limitanea Buddleia limitanea Strobilanthes rankanensis…

…mess that was the Higher Quarry Nursery bed Above Higher Quarry Nursery and the mess are two rather delicate semi evergreen azaleas: one pink and one mauve. I have now…

…Viburnum sieboldii. Viburnum sieboldii The best thing today was Callicarpa shirasawana. These got missed from the Isla Rose planting but are big plants absolutely laden with mauve-purplish berries. A better…

…for the second time. Unusually the flowers are more or less the same colour as in the spring. Smaller, but more normally, these would be all mauve. Magnolia soulangeas Magnolia…

…robusta out late as usual in September. A good mauve and white combination. We need to propagate this as it is a winner! Hydrangea aspera ssp. robusta Hydrangea aspera ssp….

…you can clearly see how it gets its name. Whitish in bud opening light mauve with not all the flowers coming out at once to give a foxtail appearance. Calluna…

…it another few young plants of Rhododendron mucronulatum but this form has much paler and less impressive light pink mauve flowers. Rhododendron mucronulatum A young Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubimishidori’ which has…

…major Eucommia ulmoides – a dull yellow and green but nice close up. Diospyros lotus – another yellow of some merit. Diospyros lotus Callicarpa kwangtungensis – mauve/violet fruits as well…

…in John’s garden was Rostrincula dependens with mauve-bluish tinged pink flowers. This prompted me to have a look at ours which has a more reddish-pink hue but it was over…

…are its flowers and buds which are mauve-pink like many of the Callicarpas. However we do know that the fruits are a different colour to Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’….

…have started to open. Red in bud but opening the pale mauve-purple which I always remember them on the original plants at Donkey Shoe. All our other plants of this…

…camellia etc. However, outside the front door on the bank, they are lovely! Lots of interbreeding from the cultivated forms in the former borders over the years so white, pinkish-mauve…

…Buddleia linleyana On the top wall are very old clumps of Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’. It flowers sparsely in shade and the white flowers have a faint mauve tinge. According to…

…with mauve buds. Euonymus oxyphyllus Euonymus echinatus has flower buds and attractive new growth. Euonymus echinatus Euonymus echinatus Euonymus tingens not quite out. Euonymus tingens Viburnum taiwanianum still in bud….

…fullonum I am not sure if this is Ballota acetabulosa? The flowers have purple-mauve veining. Here it is growing through and over a Grevillea. Flowers and seed heads rather better…

…CHW Azalea indicum has many coloured forms from mauve-purple to red and dark red. The clumps on the drive, in the Auklandii Garden and outside the front gate are full…