…as dappled colours on the fading leaves. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ – nothing beats these bronze/purple fruits but no autumn colour yet. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Firmania simplex…

…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…

…these below Magnolia JCW on the drive. Need to check. multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus Nearby Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’ is turning purple at the top with odd…

…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…

…alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘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…

…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…

…x williamsii ‘Caerhays’ Camellia x williamsii ‘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…

…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 Llandaff’…