11th October

purple stems. Another good find to add to the collection. Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Hodginsii’ Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Hodginsii’ Roy Lancaster’s 2019 gift of an Ilex spinigera…

21st December

…A single pinkish-purple which will grace Christmas Day. Dahlia tenuicaulis Dahlia tenuicaulis The pink lapageria has another single flower and is growing furiously despite the time of year following its…

31st May

…No scent yet in the rain. Rhododendron stamineum Rhododendron stamineum A new wild collected Rhododendron oreotrephes has its first flowers with delicate purple stemmed new growth with purplish edging to…

10th December

…woodland planting after the 1990 hurricane. One day the top of the hill may have a purple blotch from afar!Time for a bit of thinning around it now though. 2015…

29th May

…into leaf. Quite a nice purple hue to the new growth of this bizarre and really rare plant. We grow two other species of ehretia which appear rather similar (Ehretia…

8th December

…red but the reality is that they are a purple on the inside and not red. The flowers hang down on long pendulous stalks and the colour on the inside…

28th September

…Ilex corallina is new to the Burncoose website as being for sale so here are a few pictures of the tree, its odd trunk and its purple twigs. Previously called…

6th June

…but I have missed the gentle pink hue it first is. Paeonia ‘Moon River’ Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ is a dwarfish pink with a good purple flower. Dianthus ‘Shooting Star’ Dianthus…

19th August

…tashkentensis Chitalpa tashkentensis Tibouchina orangensis with splendidly huge flowers. Tibouchina orangensis Cercis glabra has developed leaves with intricate purple-red veining. Senna corymbosa full out. Senna corymbosa A single secondary flower…