…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…
…what looks like male flowers surrounding a single female flower. However I have seen these turn into clusters of 5/7 black berries so I am probably wrong. Bees and flies…
…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…
…young plant by George’s Hut. What spectacular black autumn colour this new species has! We have yet to see any flowers on this plant. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis Gathering seeds…
…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…
…nicely out in the Auklandii Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Inspiration’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Inspiration’ Sarcococca wallichii now properly out with the odd black berry still on the plant. Sarcococca wallichii…
…Callicarpa shirasawana Callicarpa shirasawana Acanthopanax aff. sessiliflorus with its globular succulent black fruits hanging on the leafless tree. Acanthopanax aff. sessiliflorus Acanthopanax aff. sessiliflorus Photinia niitakayamensis with pinkish-red fruits. Photinia…
…Magnolia officinalis biloba is still in bud but about to flower well. The buds have an almost black indumentum covering and stand proud to the upright stems. M. mollicomata ‘Sidbury’…
…at the very top of the garden. Schefflera taiwaniana Schefflera taiwaniana Schefflera taiwaniana In the Auklandii Garden a similar sized Schefflera alpina (from Crug) has similar racemes of black seeds…
…as usual, on Azalea ‘Kirin’. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Ripe black myrtle berries cover the path. No wonder self-seeding everywhere is so rampant. myrtle berries Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’ now a true yellow…