…on Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ is as near black as you can get as it first comes out. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia…

…a woodland setting. Scilla bifolia Camellia ‘Black Magic’ almost black in bud. Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Magnolias tower over the woodland valley garden. The dark one may well…

…dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Valley Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ is still unnamed as far as I know. Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ x Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ is…

…and flowering white. Suckers must go! Staphylea holocarpa ‘Rosea’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ still flowering well and a very dark red. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia japonica ‘Midnight Magic’ Last…

…– I think we have had this before Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia ‘Black Magic’ Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ – hardly daffodil like! Camellia champetre ‘Christmas Daffodil’ Camellia ‘Memphis Belle’ –…

…Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ with ripe, black berries already. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ A drought struck specimen box ball and a survivor! Such is life in a heatwave. These box…

…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 ‘Genie’…

…120 year old Camellia sasanqua Malus ‘Indian Magic’ in the Kitchen Garden with secondary flowers and fruit. Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Time for a proper look at the…

…while others stay black? Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Fuchsia ‘Blacky’ Strobilanthes wallichii has grown now to a decent size and its flowers are much larger than a year ago. Strobilanthes…

…double shape. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ Still plenty of colour on the mounded Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’. All the other forms are now leafless. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Ocanee’ This spreading…