…be out well before now but a South American species too from Chile and Argentina? Fuchsia magellanica var molinae Fuchsia magellanica var molinae This salvia (or could it be a…

…slightly pinky white flowers are of course Ugni molinae (formerly Myrtus ugni). Nearby a clethra and a callicarpa were dying of drought. Ugni still fine. Ugni molinae Ugni molinae Myrtus…

…Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ Acer x conspicuum ‘Silver Cardinal’ Ugni molinae with fruits nearly ripe. Ugni molinae Ugni molinae Buddleia stenostachya is now 10ft tall and looks as though…

…on Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’. Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’ Our layers on Rhododendron griffithianum need moving next spring and have clearly developed their own roots. Rhododendron griffithianum Still berries on Ugni molinae…

…the annual Christmas present problem. We sampled the quince and it tasted far nicer than I dared expect from this foul smelling fruit. They want to grow Ugni molinae for…

…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 and this, like Fuchsia gracilis…