17th October

…pile of wood – I wish I knew more about fungi! fungi fungi fungi Clerodendron trichotomum is producing a wonderful crop of blue seeds inside red calyxes. An attractive tree…

15th October

…numbers of blue seedpods nearly ripe on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Vitex agnus-castus finally out in flower. Vitex agnus-castus Vitex agnus-castus Colour on the most recent new growth…

25th December

…see. Halesia macgregorii Blue indumentum on the undersides of Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ which, when fallen to the ground, have an attractive silvery hue. The tree is fully evergreen and has…

24th December

…Still some blue or bluish-green flowers on the hydrangeas on the drive. hydrangeas on the drive hydrangeas on the drive 2017 – CHW A trip to Forty Acre Wood to…

13th October

…panniculata is very good indeed. Hydrangeas are nice, are not very blue. Fuchsias for the first time are most excellent, they give us more colour and variety of colour than…

12th October

…Ilex latifolia Ilex latifolia Vitex agnus-castus is just producing its pale blue flowers on a young plant, however the pictures I took are completely out of focus! Rather like a…

30th September

…‘Variegata’ 2016 – CHW The Symplocos paniculata clump is plastered in lovely blue berries. Very few last year. Asia needs to get collecting seed at once. What a display! Symplocos…

21st June

…colour to our blue and pink Echium pininana. On looking it up it is Echium wildpretii which Burncoose stocks. Must grab a few seed from Roy later. From the Canary…

21st December

…nobleanum, keysii, thomsonii show bits of flowers. 1908 – JCW Some coums, some polyanthus and blue primulas. 1903 – JCW Coums begin to look well, three or four polyanthus daffs…

20th June

…luck! On the tour the following were looking good:- Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’. Papaver nudicaule ‘Moondance’ Dichroa guizhou – should the flowers be blue? Dichroa guizhou Dichroa guizhou Limonium latifolium –…