…good with several colour changes before we get to the final dark red. x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ full out…

…most resilient of rhododendrons; ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ was spared as it wasn’t out. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ looks a bit better today. Magnolia ‘Diana’ Acer negundo…

…colorata ‘Red Leopard’ – stunning form. Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Leopard’ Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Leopard’ Pseudowintera colorata – quite bland by comparison. Pseudowintera colorata Pseudowintera colorata Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Glow’ –…

…either. No cedar tree (or is it a larch?) and no Pinus insignis. The background trees here were, until very recently, all mature beech. No Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ here either…

…AM coming into flower. Rhododendron hyperythrum ‘Omo’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ and Magnolia dawsoniana. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ is nearly black in bud. Far better than M. ‘Black Tulip’. Magnolia…

…it had suffered in dry summers. Fortunately new shoots are already evident from the base. Gevuina avellana Gevuina avellana Magnolia ‘Atlas’ more or less full out but already wind battered.…

…for sale from our own cuttings. Abutilon ‘Red Hot Lava’ Abutilon ‘Red Hot Lava’ Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala just starting its vivid red autumn colours at the tips of some…

…– red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus…

…growing in the partly rotten trunk of Magnolia x soulangeana ‘Brozzoni’. About 2ft above ground level. primrose First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ high up. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ And on…

…Sunset’ Trachelospermum asiaticum – pure green Trachelospermum asiaticum Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves when overwintered outside Trachelospermum jasminoides – red leaves Trachelospermum jasminoides – green when not Trachelospermum jasminoides –…