…more Star Wars than purple in its first flowering. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Early Rose’ – I saw this first at…

…Phymosia umbellata Phymosia umbellata x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ unbelievably good with several colour changes before we get to the final dark red. x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’…

…Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Atlas’ x ‘Vulcan’ – first flowering…

…Slipper’ Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple King’ may have very dark old leaves but the new growth is delightful. Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple King’ Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple…

…has extended its main stem by all of 3in this year and looks happier than usual. One colder winter will surely kill it off. Firmiana simplex The flower heads on…

…to branches splitting off. It now looks as though the main trunk has had some damage at about 10-12ft in height. Almost a constriction in the stem as might have…

…we pruned back to a single stem on planting this year has shot vigorously from the base and only a little at the top. Watch it for a bit then…

…elegans in full flower with plenty of bud on a large multi-stemmed bush in full leaf. There is always confusion with C. elegans and Cestrum fasciculatum / C. fasciculatum ‘Newellii’….

…bud The main stem was cut back in 2017 and we thought the plant was dead but it reshot vigorously from lower down as you see here. stem About 7-8ft…

…stem. Styrax japonica ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ Styrax japonica ‘Jippei-Kawamure’ Styrax formosanus var. hayataianus is multi-stemmed and not quite out with much smaller flowers. Styrax formosanus var. hayataianus Styrax formosanus var. hayataianus Cornus…

…lobbii – likewise! Hydrangea lobbii Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Magnolia ‘Royal Purple’ Rhododendron calophytum just coming out by the garden entrance. Rhododendron calophytum Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ on the drive. Magnolia campbellii…

…two ago. Here is a female with ripe berries. Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Strangely shaped new growth and hairy stems on Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450). No flowers or berries yet…

…flowers had a purple dash in the centre of the tepals and the flowers were much smaller. Viburnum fansiparense with fruit. Viburnum fansiparense Viburnum hoanglienense with flower and very distinctive…

…dark purple hues. Soon it will be purple all over. Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Some newly peeled bark on Prunus serrula tibetica glows red in the sun. Wonderful! Prunus serrula…

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

…Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ looking very fine. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ A young Stewartia pseudocamellia starting to flower in Kennel Close….

…Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ was spectacular. Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ Then on the Dalverton Garden Centre which was heaving with people and had doubled the size of its car park during…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The very ancient Euonymus tingens still has a few flowers with purple markings….

…utilis ‘Chris Lane’: Black – big white calcocils Betula utilis dark form: Black – small white calcocils Betula utilis ‘Melony Sanders’: Very red peeling stem Camellia bailinshanica: Red new growth…

…on from planting. Mostly the flowers are on the main stem. Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Pyrus ‘Pashia’ with attractive new growth which I had not seen before. Pyrus ‘Pashia’ Pyrus ‘Pashia’…