10th April
…to marry up with the pictures of the young shoots or the text. This one has large purple hairs which none of the other features Phyllostachys species shoots seem to…
…to marry up with the pictures of the young shoots or the text. This one has large purple hairs which none of the other features Phyllostachys species shoots seem to…
…sorbus Nearby Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’ is turning purple at the top with odd yellow leaves at the bottom. The original plant here was stolen much to Lord Falmouth’s amusement when…
…2008 and it might yet turn out to be a dark purple as it should be but not as yet here. The shape looks wrong for JCW but early rogue…
…through the summer. Japanese anemones contrast nicely too with nearly over nepeta Cynara scotomus ready for picking. Cynara scotomus Cynara cardunculus with its purple thistle heads also ripe for the…
…‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One does not normally think of deutzias as having autumn colour. Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ Trachelospermum jasminoides has leaves which are now entirely…
…with my mother’s Primula ‘Wanda’ (dark purple) which grew in a line on the edge of the border opposite the front door. first coloured primrose These are the Narcissus cyclamineus…
…(as yet) darker florets than others we have seen recently and purple flowers. Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ nicely in flower and nicely in leaf…
…‘Caerhays’ Platycarya strobilacea still has a few leaves remaining at the tips of its branches but the seed cones are now ripe and blackish-purple but not yet shedding. Platycarya strobilacea…
…plicatum f. tomentosum as the leaves turn purple. Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Amaryllis belladonna and Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ make a wonderful September combination. Amaryllis belladonna and Dahlia ‘Bishop of…
…Rare Plant Fair acquisition. Podocarpus drouynianus 2023 – CHW Hydrangea ‘Merveille Sanguine’ has been missing pictures on the Burncoose website for 18 months. A reddish-purple mophead but we have had…