…heldreichii Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ with only a leaf left. Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ with good reddish-purple colours. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Enkianthus campanulatus…

…in full flower. Symplocos aff dumicola Eriobotrya deflexa in flower and with fallen red leaves on the ground as the red new growth emerges. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa First flowering…

…covered in berry and a good orange which will probably get redder yet. Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster schubertii Cotoneaster parneyi was also a gift from Fromefield. Oddly coloured berries in a…

…‘Cherokee Chief’ with similarly good red and purple colouring. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Rhododendron keysii with a decent flower. There is nearly always a flower on this rhododendron right through…

…A smallish shrub for a good place and a late flowerer. Magnolia ‘Holland Red’ Magnolia ‘Holland Red’ A group of azaleas bought at the Landriana flower show (south of Rome)…

…‘Howard Asper’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Emperor’ – another good red. Camellia reticulata ‘Red Emperor’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Emperor’ Camellia reticulata ‘Fortyniner’ – another one we have sold. Camellia reticulata ‘Fortyniner’…

…Red’ or ‘Red as Red’. Nigel Holman bred this and Treseders Nursery offered this first for sale in 1965 so it predates New Zealand breeding. Magnolia ‘Chyverton Red’ This is…

…are two of the four plants we have and it will be interesting to see those compared to Magnolia Black Tulip (bred by the Jury family in New Zealand) in…

…apiculata self-sown seedlings Louisa, the chief propagator, keeps stock plants for cuttings of Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ in the mist houses. The new growth is now clean and ready for propagation….

…ought to stock:Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ – wonderful foliage. Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’ now just coming out. Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’ 2020 – CHW After nearly…