…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…

…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…

…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…

…what will the colour be? Berberidopsis beckleri The last flowers on Buddleia limitanea which was given to us by Peter Moore. A mauve flower which fades markedly as it matures…

…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…

…grows through rhodos Rhododendron kesangue – flowers in May. Big leaf. Rhododendron yuefengense – like orbiculare (two or three plants) Rhododendron huianum – mauve – niveum colour Betula luminifera View…

…above the greenhouse has a very pale mauve flower and is rather different in colour to the plants not yet out in the Rockery. I did not know this plant…

…means. fuchsias I have been watching Rhododendron desquamatum for several days. The wind has speeded its opening and what a sight it is if you like mauve-purple in profusion. One…

…acers. The Summer House Picea breweriana doing well. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ pinkish in bud, opening pale mauve-white. Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ The house from across the valley….

…much newer New Zealand hybrid Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ is still showing nicely weeks after it first came out. Despite the leaves now appearing it is a delicate light colour. Mauve not…

…Needham’s collection at Tregye. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Rhododendron augustinii corner with a blaze of mauve, blue and purple. Rhododendron augustinii corner Rhododendron augustinii corner A trip on the 1½…

…with its first flower on this plant. Magnolia ‘Tikitere’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ is mauve when full out but greenish yellow initially. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Scrambling up the…

…to look up and stock ourselves. Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Is this a Syringa species or not? A bushy small shrub with pinnate leaves and light mauve flowers…

…may be a weak and insipid, short lived plant but it is superb too although here slightly blemished by the heavy rain. I remember a mauve form growing at Trengwainton…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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’….

…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 Hillier’s the correct…