10th April

…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

7th July

…leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower outside on a dry bank Strelitzia reginae 2018 –…

28th May

…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…

15th September

…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…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…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…

22nd July

…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’. Callicapra shirasawana Callicapra shirasawana The much…

7th March 1897 – 2020

…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

16th February 1897 – 2020

…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…

6th December

…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…

31st October

…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…

28th October

…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…

23rd October

…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…

14th September

…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…

6th September

…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….

2nd September

…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…

8th August

…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…

29th May

…nicely with its light mauve flowers. Caerhays bred but no one knows by whom or with what. Anyway it is properly registered now. Malus hupenensis Malus hupenensis The white malus…

17th July

…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 than Ballota pseudodictamnus I think but…

17th June

…– 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…

20th May

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. I…