…Ruby’ – nice white edging to the petals as you would expect from a Ruby. Planted 2015. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickards…

…Slip Rail. yellow shedding laurel leaves Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ below Slip Rail looking superb today. This is a very good variety indeed. Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby…

…Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ splendid today. Exbury’s Rhododendron ‘Lady Montagu Group’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ full out. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A young Stachyurus salicifolius flowering…

…making a nice clump. The leaf undersides are a bonus. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Another couple of Dad’s hybrids – Rhododendron decorum…

…sericanthus Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ has soon lost its wine tinge and the flowers are out. Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Magnolia ‘Raven’ was, I thought, much…

…Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ Prunus ‘Collingwood Ingram’ as good as ever. Such a dark reddish-pink colour and not dissimilar…

…tepals. I now see that this cross is called ‘Venus’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Pickards Ruby’ Magnolia ‘Rebeccas…

…‘Planet Griotte’ Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ almost out in flower! Peculiar! Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lamont’ Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ in full flower. Euonymus grandiflorus ‘Ruby Wine’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks…

…bud and may or may not make it to the stand. A. Trees and larger shrubs Calycanthus floridus [ALONGSIDE] Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Calycanthus floridus Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cornus…

…has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary new growth in the show…