…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…

…Nyssa leptophylla Nyssa leptophylla Decaisnea insignis with its compact yellow fruit clusters which I had never seen before. Very different to the blue seed pods nearby of Decaisnea fargesii. D….

…simmonosii Eucalyptus simmonosii Loads of seeds on what may or may not be Photinia macrophylla. Looks more microphylla to me! Photinia macrophylla Photinia macrophylla Blue seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii at…

…combination of colours. Diospyros lotus Verbena rigida still looking fresh even in October. Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ with its striking mottled blue berries. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Ampelopsis…

…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…

…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…

…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 –…

…set of blue cones this year. Abies koreana Abies koreana Magnolia obovata has a flower at the top of the tree. Magnolia obovata Rhododendron ‘Loch Levan’ – a new one…

…subsp Byzantinus Plenty of wild campion now replaces the primroses, daffodils and bluebells here too. Only three weeks since the bluebells faded and the grass took over. wild campion Erigeron…

…Dead Echium Dead Echium Cotoneaster horizontalis has a fine show of autumn colour now the berries have gone. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Echinops battanicus still has a surviving pale blue…