…we grow with this name here. It had finished flowering and was setting seed. Meliosma_cuneifolia (MF97137) Meliosma_cuneifolia (MF97137) Meliosma_cuneifolia (MF97137) Meliosma_cuneifolia (MF97137) Abies nukiangense with blue cones and stripy undersides…

…colour. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ is the centrepiece with Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’, Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’, Magnolia ‘Blue Opal’ and Magnolia ‘Mighty Mouse’ included as well. A new kalmia planting too as…

…with its blue flower cones opening creamy white. Stout densely hairy shoots say Hilliers who also say plants of this name are in fact Abies forrestii var. smithii. Clare bought…

…latifolia Vitex agnus-castus is just producing its pale blue flowers on a young plant, however the pictures I took are completely out of focus! Rather like a salvia in appearance…

…away. Sadly too tender to plant out. Grevillea ‘Robyn Gordon’ Plectranthus argentatus nicely in flower. A touch of blue in the individual flowers on the flower spikes. Plectranthus argentatus Plectranthus…

…are in for a ‘splash’ and not a soak.Mixed colours on the bluebells naturalising on the bank above the front door. bluebells Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ just out. Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’ Magnolia ‘Butterbowl’…

…which are from the same cross and may or may not actually be ‘Avalon’. Magnolia ‘Avalon’ Suddenly the Spanish bluebells are out. Saw nothing yesterday. Spanish bluebells I can see…

…berries. Cotoneaster franchetii The largest monkey puzzle against a blue sky. monkey puzzle Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ catching the sun by the cash point. Prunus ‘Jo-nioi’ Leaf drop nearly complete on Magnolia…

…full leaf. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Beside it Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ has nearly shed all its leaves. Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ The blue undersides of the leaves of Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ show up in…

…get much larger and a deeper blue. Rhaphithamnus spinosus The original Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ in the Rookery is a very good colour this year. Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Another view from…