…meserveae ‘Little Rascal’ Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana with berries already. Skimmia japonica subsp. reevesiana Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ and ‘Strawberry Blue’ – nice enough but nothing special. Lobelia ‘Starship Rose’ Lobelia…

…Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ and it is! Prunus nipponica ‘Brilliant’ Another new plant to us for the new 2018 catalogue: Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Viburnum ‘Blue Muffin’ Pyrus colleryana…

…Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ has just finishing flowering but still a most attractive blue. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ The Acer palmatum varieties imported from…

…elata ‘Variegata’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ superb at this time of the year. Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Callistemon ‘Red Cluster’ with secondary flowers….

…smaller growing, more dwarf, and have larger flowers. Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ and ‘Empire Blue’ have been superseded by ‘Buzz Indigo’ / ‘African Queen’ as good purples and by ‘Blue Horizon’…

…blue fescue of some sort. I photographed this last year in the Isle of Wight but nothing like the 5ft tall it is here. blue fescue Rosa canina, the dog…

…‘Emerald Pagoda’ just about to start. Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’ As is Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’. Viburnum dentatum ‘Blue Muffin’ And the 3 lobed Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei. Pterostyrax psilophyllus…

…locate Primula vialli ‘Alison Holland’. Primula vialli ‘Alison Holland’ The new to us Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ is a good thing. Azalea ‘Blue Moon’ All the camellia liners now potted on…

…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….

…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!…