…Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Hedging Mahonia Is this a Syringa species or not? A bushy small shrub with pinnate leaves and light mauve flowers in terminal clusters. Another one to…

…has tiny grey cream flowers with mauve buds. Euonymus oxyphyllus Euonymus echinatus has flower buds and attractive new growth. Euonymus echinatus Euonymus echinatus Euonymus tingens not quite out. Euonymus tingens…

…fuchsias I have been watching Rhododendron desquamatum for several days. The wind has speeded its opening and what a sight it is if you like mauve-purple in profusion. One I…

…white, pinkish-mauve and red ones with some primula characteristics in amongst them. Look up as you go around the garden as Dad always said! primroses primroses I cannot resist photographing…

…Williams’ is mauve when full out but greenish yellow initially. Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Scrambling up the bank above the drive and hidden away are three good pinkish…

…six weeks. Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron williamsianum ‘White Form’ Rhododendron calostrotum subsp riparium Nitens – a dwarf clump forming species with single mauve or purple flowers. Rhododendron calostrotum subsp…

…much newer New Zealand hybrid Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ is still showing nicely weeks after it first came out. Despite the leaves now appearing it is a delicate light colour. Mauve not…

…young Japanese acers. The Summer House Picea breweriana doing well. Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Picea breweriana Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ pinkish in bud, opening pale mauve-white. Rhododendron ‘Boddaertianum’ The house from across…

…Buddleia linleyana On the top wall are very old clumps of Fuchsia magellanica ‘Alba’. It flowers sparsely in shade and the white flowers have a faint mauve tinge. According to…