…its red fruits which taste like strawberries. Perhaps a sale for Burncoose here but they will need a couple of hundred plants to produce a viable crop. A nice market…

…a huge crowd but a tasteful green ribbon! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ has now lost all its flowers. Bashed into submission by the rain and hail. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ An evil…

…shattered all the flowers on the toughest and most resilient of rhododendrons; ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ was spared as it wasn’t out. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ looks…

…new growth. Sorbus yuana Sorbus yuana We have just layered this very late flowering rhododendron on Rookery Path which I remember being more orange-red than this when I have seen…

…hypericifolia Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ a larger flower than our Abutilon ‘Ashford Red’ and taller growing. About 10-12ft tall here and free standing in shelter. Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ Abutilon ‘Red Bells’…

…as good as last year. Planted in 2009. Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’ 2023 – CHW Magnolia ‘Peachy’ has good autumn colour today in the sun and…

…no idea. Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ Helleborus orientalis ‘Annas Red’ A nice showing of dwarf blue iris in pots too. dwarf blue…

…look better when the new growth emerges. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Pseudotaxus chienii looks a bit insipid. Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus…

…globose at all. Buddleia globosa Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ is a good new addition to the website. Orange-red on opening then turning redder. Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Grenadene’ Cardiocrinum giganteum in…

…Redcurrants Redcurrants Blueberries in an enclosure. Blueberries William Robinson was the first to identify how to properly train peaches, pears and cherries on kitchen garden walls. A 15x15ft Weigelia with…

…more. Enkianthus campanulatus Enkianthus campanulatus Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’ has fine new leaves. Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’ Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’ Acer heldreichii looks very much like an A. platanoides!…

…A good red hybrid. Rather better than ‘Cornish Red’ and very near the original clump of Rhododendron ‘Red Admiral’. red hybrid red hybrid A newly planted (today) Podocarpus spinulosus which…

…light to the rhododendrons below. elderly magnolia Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ also has a pruning for the same reason. Magnolia ‘Ian’s Red’ Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’. Acer palmatum ‘Dissectum Atropurpureum’ First…

…so. The adjacent Loderi ‘King George’ is over but some years the two coincide. CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ CORNUS florida ‘Red giant’ 1997 – FJW Delias…

…‘Red Bud’ and rushed off to see if our plant also has red bud coverings to its future flowers. It did but not (today) have buds as large or red…

…floribunda Olearia floribunda Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’. It’s the autumn leaves which go red. Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’ Malus ‘Comtesse de Paris’ is one of my…

…Most flowers smashed in the hail and rain anyway. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’ Azalea ‘Vuyk’s Rosy Red’ amid a bed of Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna. Azalea ‘Vuyk’s Rosy Red’…

…All these small trees were planted in January. Malus ‘Brandkjaer’ Malus floribunda Malus ‘Evereste’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far….

…Garden in Nantes with reddish new growth. Lagerstroemia limii Lagerstroemia limii A large oak limb fell on the top path in Old Park. Sheer weight of foliage – no wind….

…flowered last autumn is out again. The flowers look a bit premature and are not quite fully formed. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ A light blue hydrangea still full…