…ciliicalyx ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ciliicalyx ‘Honshu Blue’ Rhododendron aperantum has struggled ever since it was planted here 20+ year ago. It is still just alive but only just. I have…

…name of this oak but I have sadly forgotten it. oak Sorbus dunnii looking good. Sorbus dunnii Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) growing…

…wagnerianus despite the trunk half blowing over last winter. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Another exceptional magnolia with blue flowers initially. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Azalea ‘Greenway’ sporting a few white…

…‘Mrs J.C. Williams’ Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ at its best. Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ Cornus ‘Venus’ was very fine on the Chelsea stand but not bad at home either….

…ground is carpeted with buds pecked in half by blue tits seeking the nectar in the flowers. I have never seen them do this to embothrium before. The branch we…

…wind. Pittosporum dallii Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ growing (unlike ours) in a windy position. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ The long line of Restios overlooks the coastline. We seldom think of…

…show in the Aucklandii Garden today in the fading light. Camellia ‘St Ewe’ with ‘JCW’ Our best clump of blue mophead hydrangeas still have plenty of blue showing in mid-December!…

…Still it looks pretty good in a brief sunny period. Magnolia dawsoniana seedlings Magnolia dawsoniana seedlings The bluebells beneath this tree are now full out too and quite a blue…

…well out now too against a cold blue sky. Magnolia ‘Petit Chicon’ Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ has been out for weeks. Still holding up well despite all the east wind and some…

…but the old leaves look scruffy. A bushy habit and not yet a tree. Eucalyptus crenulata Eucalyptus delegatensis (ex Roundabarrow Nurseries) with a strange blue hue to its large leaves….