…Eyes’ has a squat habit. Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ Verbena ‘Santos Purple’ and Leucanthemum ‘Real Snowball’. Verbena ‘Santos Purple’ and Leucanthemum ‘Real Snowball’ Verbena ‘Santos Purple’ and Leucanthemum…

…latifolia Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’. Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’ Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’. Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius…

…– Arts & Culture Impact Fund Julie Finch CEO – Hay Festival Dominic Hare CEO – Blenheim Palace Lady Violet Manners CEO & Founder HeritageXplore Charles Williams Owner – Caerhays…

…over the Queen and the palace was as good as it can be! Tom Hudson has responded to my short article on Rhodoleia aff. parvipetala written for the Cornwall Garden…

…sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ Amelanchier lamarckii on the drive – one of at least three. Similar to Amenlanchier laevis but the petals are smaller amongst other things….

…free so far last week. Are we now obliged to follow suit?Magnolia ‘Purple Star’ has its first two flowers. Not bad but not yet large flowers. Magnolia ‘Purple Star’ Magnolia…

…– an early yellow Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Sundance’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ – can there be a bigger magnolia flower? Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple…

…Shake’ form Lunaplant (M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’) Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ form Lunaplant (M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’) Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ (M. x soulangeana ’Lennei Alba’…

…in Kennel Close is also performing. Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ Magnolia sprengeri ‘Daisy Diva’ – almost a semi double flower but cold damaged a bit…

…‘Peachy’ And then a trip to look at newer plants in Kennel Close. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ still with purple new growth. Attractive! Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Ehretia thrysiflora has…

…with the new growth. Deutzia longifolia Deutzia longifolia Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ – a new clone to me with really red new growth. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon…

…Purple’ Corylopsis willmottiae (now sinensis) ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis willmottiae (now sinensis) ‘Spring Purple’ 2019 – CHW So now a viewing of more of the Betula species and varieties which we…

…reddish-purple form without the dark purple spots or blotches which you see in some others which can also be purple or rose-purple. One for Asia to propagate. Today it looks…

…Area 24 of Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (M. ‘Black Tulip x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (M. ‘Black Tulip x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia…

…Brilliant’ Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ making a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’…

…x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose…

…Clearly a house plant really but it does survive in the garden. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ is not, as yet, even faintly ‘globe-like’. Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ Wisteria flower…

…– unimpressive as it is here. This is another Lunaplant/Gottschalk hybrid – M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. ‘Betty Jessel’ –…

…plant of Magnolia ‘Green Bee’. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Exochorda tianschanica. Exochorda tianschanica New growth on Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Rhododendron hanceanum (Wilson 4255) at Rosemoor last…

…CHW The aptly named Carpinus heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’. Carpines heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ Carpines heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ No flowers yet on Catalpa…