21st June
…flowers, when fully open flat, are 2.5in or 6-7cm across. What about that for a flowering tree in a woodland garden in mid/late June. AND the gorgeous purple/black autumn colour…
…flowers, when fully open flat, are 2.5in or 6-7cm across. What about that for a flowering tree in a woodland garden in mid/late June. AND the gorgeous purple/black autumn colour…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…a few pictures of the tree, its odd trunk and its purple twigs. Previously called Ilex centrochinensis. Ilex corallina Ilex corallina Ilex corallina 18 new (to us) species of Viburnum…
…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…
…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…