…batch of young Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’. Catalpa duclouxii Fruits already on Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’. Nearly, but not quite, edible. Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ As fine a show of…

…then, eventually, all that remains are leaf skeletons. Flower arrangers and those who enjoy dried flowers for Christmas (and sometimes spray paint them) often collect the skeletons in the autumn….

…‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’. Malus ‘Indian Magic’ Malus ‘Dr. Campbells’. Malus ‘Dr. Campbells’ Malus ‘Royalty’ and daffodils. Malus ‘Royalty’ and daffodils Malus ‘Louisa’. Malus ‘Louisa’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’….

…‘Coppertone’ x Rhaphiobotrya ‘Coppertone’ Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’ still has some very good dark red double flowers as the camellia season finishes earlier than I can remember before. Camellia ‘Midnight Magic’…

…Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae (BKR 201300) which has rather tiny flowers by comparison and is less good. Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae A new (to us) Magnolia ‘Practically Magic’…

…lists 28. Agapanthus ‘Midnight Star’ Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ grows to about 3-3½ft. Rehmannia ‘Walberton Magic Dragon’ Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’ has the merit of being rather different. Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’…

…verticellata Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Oconee’ still has the odd leaf left. You can now see what an odd habit this tree has after last autumn’s explosion of colour in a ‘ball’….

…Gold’ Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Firecracker’ (syn. ‘Magic Fire’ or ‘Feuerzauber’) The Northern Polytunnels lorry unloads our new multi span tunnel. Northern…

…(F6761) – a quite extraordinary colour. Rhododendron dichroanthum ssp. scyphocalyx (F6761) Rhododendron ‘Award’. Rhododendron ‘Award’ Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’. Rhododendron ‘Black Magic’ Rhododendron ‘Glebe’s Surprise’ – there are very few double…

…of fruits too which have yet to split to reveal the orange seeds. Euonymus europaeus A few excellent autumn colour photos on the drive today. autumn colour autumn colour autumn…