18th April

…flowering today with a cascading habit. Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Malus ‘Sun Rival’ Magnolia ‘Purple Planets’ has lasted a long time since we first saw it in flower. Magnolia ‘Purple Planets’…

9th February

…confusa Sarcocca confusa Sarcocca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’ Sarcocca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’ Sarcocca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’ Sarcocca orientalis Sarcocca orientalis Sarcocca orientalis Sarcocca ruscifolia Sarcocca ruscifolia Sarcocca hookeriana digyna Sarcocca hookeriana…

23rd July

…heads on Echium fastuosum. Echium fastuosum 2023 – CHW The best bits of Ventnor.Fuchsia excorticata has died with reshooting from the main stem. Fuchsia excorticata What a view of Cordyline,…

3rd March

…inside of tepals Red Purple Group 73B – Strong Purplish Pink Full out – outside of tepals Purple Group 75C – Very Light Purple We will now send off the…

15th April

…Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ – no comment! Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ This Aesculus species with wonderful orange indumentum on the stems of new growth and flowers which have just emerged from the…

21st March

…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…

26th May

…Dragon’ still with purple new growth. Attractive! Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Ehretia thrysiflora has purple new growth and leaves unlike any other Ehretia I have seen. I still wonder about…

12th July

…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…

12th May

…ago. Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ Rhododendron ‘Pushy Purple’ 2019 – CHW Exciting news! Meliosma oldhamii (formerly Meliosma pinnata var. oldhamii) has produced a number of…

13th July

…‘Evening Light’. Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ Not many flowers on Stewartia x henryae this year. Stewartia x henryae The first time I have seen Euonymus purpureus…