…which is another plus alongside the very dark colour. So much better than ‘Black Tulip’! Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ Camellia reticulata ‘Red Crystal’ is one I have seen…

…Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ just starting to change leaf colour and with seed tassels. Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ First black fruits ever on Crataegus chlorosarca. Crataegus…

…trying to grow the seeds. Euonymus echinatus The Labour Party is all over the place. A week ago they were mischievously suggesting that they might vote with the 80 theoretical…

…me and Ilex verticellata is deciduous. The new growth stems are black so I should easily be corrected by someone on this old plant.Looking around this whole area is shaded…

…for the second time (as usual) below Donkey Shoe. Planted 2015 in a place where the cinnarbarinum x concatenans hybrid ‘Caerhays Philip’ grew 40 years ago before the curse of…

…website. 2018 – CHW Cotoneaster moupinensis with large black fruits. The first time we have seen these on a young plant. Cotoneaster moupinensis The seeds I photographed earlier on Sorbus…

…foliage and pleasantly edible purplish-black fruits in large clusters. Flaking bark like a myrtle too. Asia has cuttings and seeds to try. Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Blepharocalyx cruckshankii…

…grown this ourselves from seed but never from cuttings as yet. Rhododendron stenaulum Camellia ‘Nightrider’ has its first almost black flowers in the greenhouse. It looks very tender. The plant…

…flowers, when fully open flat, are 2.5in or 6-7cm across. What about that for a flowering tree in a woodland garden in mid/late June. AND the gorgeous purple/black autumn colour…

…last year. Styrax formosanus var. formosanus Styrax japonicus ‘Evening Light’ has no flowers at all but wonderful black new growth. Styrax japonicus ‘Evening Light’ Styrax japonicus ‘Evening Light’ 2019 –…