…a trained blue juniper as the cross. Not my cup of tea but impressive for the visitors. yew ‘chapel’ 2018 – CHW Azalea indicum has many coloured forms from mauve-purple…

…‘Caerhays Lavender’ with its peculiar white then yellow new growth contrasting nicely with its light mauve flowers. Caerhays bred but no one knows by whom or with what. Anyway it…

…I remember a mauve form growing at Trengwainton called, I think, ‘Johnny Johnstone’ but possibly different parentage? Presumably of Trewithen origin? RHODODENDRON ‘Silver Sixpence’ RHODODENDRON ‘Silver Sixpence’ Rhododendron ‘Silver Sixpence’…

…stock ourselves. Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Is this a Syringa species or not? A bushy small shrub with pinnate leaves and light mauve flowers in terminal clusters. Another…

…‘Emma Williams’ is mauve when full out but greenish yellow initially. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Scrambling up the bank above the drive and hidden away are three good…

…Despite the leaves now appearing it is a delicate light colour. Mauve not pink or red at this late stage. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ Magnolia ‘Serene’ full out with the first yellow…

…Picea breweriana doing well. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ pinkish in bud, opening pale mauve-white. Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ The house from across the valley. Llanover Court A fine…

…for several days. The wind has speeded its opening and what a sight it is if you like mauve-purple in profusion. One I must remind Asia to propagate as this…

…other species. Stachyurus himalaicus Stachyurus himalaicus Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ above the greenhouse has a very pale mauve flower and is rather different in colour to the plants not yet out…

…camellia etc. However, outside the front door on the bank, they are lovely! Lots of interbreeding from the cultivated forms in the former borders over the years so white, pinkish-mauve…

…– a dwarf clump forming species with single mauve or purple flowers. Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens Restio-Rhodocoma capensis – an attractive reed like plant with architectural merit in a…