7th July 1897 – 2020

…leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus 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…

10th April 1897 – 2020

…it has faded and is merely a bit of a tired but improved Leonard Messel. Mauve flowered branches on white Azalea ‘Pakestrina’ Non gardeners love a puzzle and there is…

15th September

…be similar to Berberidopsis corallina but what will the colour be? Berberidopsis beckleri The last flowers on Buddleia limitanea which was given to us by Peter Moore. A mauve flower…

28th May 1897 – 2020

…but darker in colour). The flowers start out white and then turn a gentle mauve. Very attractive. Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ Rhododendron ‘Penvose’ We saw what a late frost had…

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…

20th February

…La’ – AGM – grows through rhodos Rhododendron kesangue – flowers in May. Big leaf. Rhododendron yuefengense – like orbiculare (two or three plants) Rhododendron huianum – mauve – niveum…

26th April

…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 mile model railway adorned with…

28th April

…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 bank above the drive and…

20th May

…see in the newly planted euonymus and viburnum species glade: Euonymus oxyphyllus (BSWJ 10815) has tiny grey cream flowers with mauve buds. Euonymus oxyphyllus Euonymus echinatus has flower buds and…

8th August

…faint mauve tinge. According to Hillier’s the correct name is now Fuchsia magallanica var molinae whereas the ‘true’ ‘Alba’ has a pink corolla! JCW collected fuchsia species in the 1930s…

2nd September

…the same colour as in the spring. Smaller, but more normally, these would be all mauve. Magnolia soulangeas Magnolia soulangeas Sorbus torminalis already showing autumn tints. Sorbus torminalis Sorbus torminalis…

6th September

…That completes the first cut and now immediately on to the second up the drive. banks Hydrangea aspera ssp. robusta out late as usual in September. A good mauve and…

14th September

…‘Silver Fox’ is one we have had once before but you can clearly see how it gets its name. Whitish in bud opening light mauve with not all the flowers…

23rd October

…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 show than Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ I…

28th October

…merit. Diospyros lotus Callicarpa kwangtungensis – mauve/violet fruits as well as dappled colours on the fading leaves. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ – nothing beats these bronze/purple fruits…

31st October

…the flowers. The flower heads look much like the seed heads in reality. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Also in John’s garden was Rostrincula dependens with mauve-bluish tinged pink flowers. This…

6th December

…but this form has much paler and less impressive light pink mauve flowers. Rhododendron mucronulatum A young Magnolia pseudokobus ‘Kubimishidori’ which has never yet flowered persists in full leaf. Magnolia…

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…

22nd July 1897 – 2020

…at Tin Garden is a vigorous tall growing species which we have already seen with its splendid fruits. Here are its flowers and buds which are mauve-pink like many of…

17th July 1897 – 2020

…fullonum which is a prickly biennial teasel with a very attractive flower. Dispacus fullonum Dispacus fullonum I am not sure if this is Ballota acetabulosa? The flowers have purple-mauve veining….