…– FJW Last corn cut and brought in – very wet from mid August – weeds very bad. 1971 – FJW David shot his first blackbird before my very eyes….

…the wiser as no pictures in the book even faintly match it. Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ has similar flowers but the Wolf has variegated foliage. Clearly a very good plant…

…Rhododendron sp Fortunea subsection. Forms a large upright tree. Dark green, wavy edged leaves. White scented flowers. August/September. CWT6282. Rhododendron sp Maddenia subsection. Medium sized shrub. Dark green leaves. Flowers…

…(Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Trelissick Alba’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta (Caerhays Dark Form), Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ Off to Old Park with the…

…is as dark a purple as Rhododendron niveum in its darkest form. Mike Robinson is sadly missed as one of the greatest rhododendron experts I have had the pleasure of…

…x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ is good but, yet again, I can find no registered name. Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii…

…Hillier’s. Lovely dark purple new growth and look at the bark on the stem. Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis Betula insignis subsp. fansipanensis In the shade the…

…red buds turn dark pink as they open fully and the petals drop down from the opening bud. (The Hillier’s Manual says the flowers are pink but they are not…

…to say what size the flowers are as the seem very variable. Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ Magnolia ‘Dark Bird’ 2022 – CHW The three-phase electric cables awaiting connection outside the back…

…fade into such extraordinary dark colour a blue hydrangea can turn and fade into such extraordinary dark colour a blue hydrangea can turn and fade into such extraordinary dark colour…