…almost black flowers in the greenhouse. It looks very tender. The plant came from a French nursery and is too small to go out for a while yet. Camellia ‘Nightrider’…

…In fact the buds on Black Tulip, Apollo, Genie and Star Wars were also eaten. Taking into account that our trees are still small, the damage was devastating. We reduced…

…dark leaves offset the red flowers to good effect. Loropetalum chinense ‘Fire Dance’ Loropetalum chinense ‘Fire Dance’ Lonicera alseuomoides has produced a crop of black berries which now look ripe….

…(Labradors) competitors 2016 – CHW Echium pinnifolium outside the drawing room window has gone black after the minor frost (one night only) about a week ago. It will probably survive…

…well developed flower and/or new growth leaf buds in the Rockery. Rather forward for the time of the year. It was not long ago that we were admiring the black…

…grown by Ross Smith at Rosewarne) flowering away well for the second time (as usual) below Donkey Shoe. Planted 2015 in a place where the cinnarbarinum x concatenans hybrid ‘Caerhays…

…First primroses Last summer’s ripe seed pods and those from the year before (black) still hang on Stewartia pteropetiolata. Stewartia pteropetiolata Stewartia pteropetiolata I know that the old original plant…

…A freestanding shrub which was taking advantage of a host. Just a few black fruits with the flowers here and there. Nearly 3.5ft in height after 20 to 25 years….

…foliage and pleasantly edible purplish-black fruits in large clusters. Flaking bark like a myrtle too. Asia has cuttings and seeds to try. Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii…

…at Donkey Shoe. Three (leaf) variegated plants here which I planted to replace mothers favourite Rh. niveum that grew here. Dad hated all variegated things and this a prime spot!…

…Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus Passiflora edulis with delicious ripe fruit. The ones I photographed recently in the nursery have yet to turn black and ripe like this. Passiflora edulis Talauma…

…growing buddleia but the US bred ‘Buzz’ varieties are smaller growing, more dwarf, and have larger flowers. Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ and ‘Empire Blue’ have been superseded by ‘Buzz Indigo’ /…

…immature but the older ones are developing darker colouring just below the node. This is brownish-black with a hint of red at present. An attractive foliage effect too and planted…

…Acer rufinerve? Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’ Acer tegmentosum has an ominous black fungal circle near its base and will shortly be another casualty to go…

…are over but the odd black berry remains. Sarcococca wallichii I forgot yesterday that we also have Sasa (recently renamed Sasaella) ramosa (formerly Arundinaria vagans or Pleioblastus viridistriatus var. vagans…

…black stems as yet but they seem to be darkening. Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Phyllostachys nigra ‘Medurochiku’ Pleioblastus hindsii – the least…

…they turn from red to black. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae 2023 – CHW Daphniphyllum teysmannii is doing well at Donkey Shoe. Daphniphyllum teysmannii The ancient Lindera communis is regenerating well…

…small seeds of which by no means all are black and ripe as yet. One for Asia to collect. Schefflera aff. myriocarpa Schefflera delavayi View 11th January 1897 – 2020…

…or semi evergreen. Worth trying to grow the seeds. Euonymus echinatus The Labour Party is all over the place. A week ago they were mischievously suggesting that they might vote…

…away. How the seed got here in the first place is anyone’s guess. Verbascum olympicum Verbascum olympicum Two Paulownia fortunei grown from seed by Asia have grown 4ft in the…