…thelemanniana ‘Baby’ Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ in full flower. It seems to sell in the nursery before it ever gets this far into flower. Corydalis tenuifolia ‘Chocolate Star’ 2020 –…

…Caress’ Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ with nice yellow colouring starting to show. Toona sinensis ‘Flamingo’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Albizia ‘Summer Chocolate’ Celastrus orbiculatus with a good show in the sales point….

…‘Atropurpurea Nana’ particularly striking today. Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ A novelty Aquilegia now in the Burncoose catalogue this year! A. viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’. Yellowish ‘granny’s bonnets’ then turn brown-black….

…This is Grevillea rosmarinifolia ‘Jean O’Neil’ Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ with its contrasting bronzy new growth by the cash point. Prunus ‘Chocolate Ice’ The first flower out incredibly early on Magnolia…

…var. insignis Then a trip to photograph the 24 (mainly) Matsumae cherries planted last year below White Styles Field on the way to Old Park. Matsumae cherries Prunus Matsumae-fuki (‘Chocolate…

…‘Matsumae-Beni-Yutaka’ Prunus ‘Ukon’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Tai-Haku’ Prunus ‘Horinji’ Prunus ‘Hokusai’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ Prunus ‘Ichiyo’ (‘Pink Champagne’) Prunus ‘Matsumae Fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) Crataegus x lavalleei ‘Carrierei’ Acer x freemanii ‘Autumn…

…‘Cillicalyx’ just coming out. Rhododendron ‘Cillicalyx’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ just out in flower below Tin Garden. Magnolia ‘Genie’ The chocolate smell of Azara microphylla ‘Variegata’ is overpowering. Azara microphylla ‘Variegata’ 2020…

…bartramiana Amelanchier bartramiana Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ (‘Chocolate Ice’) still not quite fully out as you can see. Prunus ‘Matsumae-fuki’ Taiwania cryptomerioides has finally developed an upright leading shoot of its own…

…Carpinus rankenensis Acer pseudoseboldianum subsp. takasimense Hydrangea chinensis – from Taiwan Hydrangea aspera ‘Hot Chocolate’ Deutzia purpurascens – variable – ours purple Deutzia longifolia – pink or white flowers Indigofera…