…Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus Passiflora edulis with delicious ripe fruit. The ones I photographed recently in the nursery have yet to turn black and ripe like this. Passiflora edulis Talauma…

…will eventually go black according to the reference books. This is one of the few Viburnum species with paniculate flower clusters which I have yet to see. The fruits look…

…chequen Luma chequen Puya assurgens in flower which I have not knowingly seen before. Puya assurgens Puya assurgens Puya dyckiodes is another smaller growing species with black flowers emerging from…

…‘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….

…to him.Every mistake that could have been made, was made. He likened the care home policy to the Siege of Caffa in 1346, that grim chapter of the Black Death…

…blackbirds’ nest in Jaimie’s garden. Without the successful use of Larsen traps the magpies would probably already have had these. blackbirds’ nest I forgot to photograph the 50 or so…

…a private garden named after a place in Portugal and a Sambucus seedling collected and named by Sir Harold Hillier while at Guincho. It has dark, but not exactly black,…

…snowdrop Hydrangea lobbii is, absurdly, now coming into full flower as expected. Hydrangea lobbii Black berries on Sarcococca saligna. Most flowers are already over in the main. Sarcococca saligna 2020…

…x grignonensis which was top grafted. Crataegus x grignonensis Crataegus x grignonensis Autumn colour already on Stewartia rostrata. Reddish today, it will turn black. Stewartia rostrata Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’…

…growing and bushy. Acer laevigatum (FMWJ 13409) The seeds on Schefflera delavayi are still far from black and ripe. Schefflera delavayi Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ just out. I rather…