17th August

…Lobelia ‘Fanship Blue’ Lobelia ‘Fanship Scarlet’ and Lobelia ‘Fanship Blue’ Monarda ‘Melua Pink’ and Monarda ‘Melua Violet’ Monarda ‘Melua Pink’ and Monarda ‘Melua Violet’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Forest’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Forest’…

31st July

…‘Vivid Violet’ is pleasant enough though if we had to choose a new variety to add. Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ Scabiosa ‘Vivid Violet’ Lobelia ‘Starship Scarlet’ was selling well under cover…

22nd April

…out well, very fine and dry. Rhodo 1350 just opening for the first time. R oleifolium is the best of the species now, red violet is very nice. 1915 –…

30th September

…from Vietnam which is supposed to have violet fruits in late summer. I suppose they may yet turn. The leaf looks correct when you search this online but many of…

7th November

…CEO – Hay Festival Dominic Hare CEO – Blenheim Palace Lady Violet Manners CEO & Founder HeritageXplore Charles Williams Owner – Caerhays Estate Plenty of time to have a quick…

27th October

…on this cold, windy corner. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Buddleia lindleyana still has violet purple flowers out at the very end of the racemes although it is nearly November. No…

28th October

…Fothergilla 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…

15th July

…Toby Beasley. Today entirely in the walled garden. The potting shed beside the main walled garden. potting shed potting shed Viola hederacea – Australian violet in a greenhouse. Viola hederacea…

11th February

…the flowers will be white, tinged violet, with separate male and female racemes of flowers. We will see shortly! Stauntonia hexaphylla Stauntonia hexaphylla Naturalised cyclamen, primroses and snowdrops all over…

19th July

…is growing nearby and also has its first cones. These are more rounded and barrel shaped than A. pinsapo with large spikes or spines which are also blueish-violet. The leaf…