…Area 24 of Kennel Close. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (M. ‘Black Tulip x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ (M. ‘Black Tulip x M. soulangeana ‘Deep Purple Dream’) Magnolia…

…Rhododendron sanguineum full out beyond George’s Hut. Rhododendron sanguineum Stachyurus ‘Devon Purple’ planted recently but living up to its name. Stachyurus ‘Devon Purple’ Styrax serratifolius has only a very few…

…2019 – CHW A nice new thing in the greenhouse frame to go out next spring – Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Gordonia…

…on Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’. Corylopsis sinensis ‘Spring Purple’ A major surprise to find a dozen or so flowers out in October high up on an original Camellia x williamsii…

…was not terribly impressed at the not very dark purple flowers as seen here. However, in reflection, it fairly represents both parents and is well worth its place. It’s the…

…– unimpressive as it is here. This is another Lunaplant/Gottschalk hybrid – M. ‘Purple Globe’ x M. ‘Joe McDaniel’. Magnolia ‘Strawberry Shake’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. ‘Betty Jessel’ –…

…Clearly a house plant really but it does survive in the garden. Azalea ‘Blushing Bride’ Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ is not, as yet, even faintly ‘globe-like’. Magnolia ‘Purple Globe’ Wisteria flower…

…x Betty Jessel First Love cylindrica Hohman J.C. Williams x Apollo John Bond Katja Landner Lilac Chalice virginiana Ludoviciana Melon Sky Peter Dummer Purple Breeze Purple Eye Purple Star Rose…

…path. The main trunk grows through a dense camellia clump so this is the first sucker I have seen here on this multi-stemmed tree. Sassafras albidum Cornus kousa var. chinensis…

…smaller flowers than for the last two years. Clethra monostachya Clethra monostachya Purple seed heads and Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Escallonia resinosa was a gift from Windsor Great Park. Escallonia…

…last year. Olearia nummularifolia Olearia nummularifolia Olearia nummularifolia Disanthus cercidifolius with loads of purple new growth. Disanthus cercidifolius Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ on the drive. Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’…

…‘Purple Dragon’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ I may be repetitive but nothing beats Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ for secondary flower on a small shrub. Magnolia ‘Yakeo’ 2023 – CHW The large hole…

…old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley…

…kwangtungensis in full flower. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ just turning. Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Diospyros lotus laden with fruit in a pot in the nursery. I have…

…Quercus liebmannii Beside it Quercus fleurii is also covered in dead leaves. Unlike our other plants this one now has a single stem rather than several stems. Severe die back…

…‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ The first flowering of Magnolia ‘Toro’. Magnolia ‘Toro’ 2021 – CHW I have been trying to name…

…stalks in panicles. The flowers have purple stems in April and these suddenly stand out again in the autumn. They are not quite ripe but Asia may wish to gather…

…Late season flowerer. Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Some of the yellow male catkins on Betula luminifera are a foot or more long. So profusely are they hanging on…

…Kennel Close). The name is now Betula kweichowensis subsp. fansipanensis apparently in the new Hillier’s. Lovely dark purple new growth and look at the bark on the stem. Betula insignis…

…is the very late flowering Azalea ‘Jane Fire’. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ getting established. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ Lomatia tinctoria now full out. Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria…