…frost free winter (so far). Rhododendron mucronulatum Rubus tricolor ‘Betty Ashburner’ is a marvellous plant to cover a steep bank or a wall where you do not want anything else…

…straight down the path hitting nothing on its way. Tim Tim When it is all cut up and the Rubus tricolor groundcover burnt up it reveals another nice stone circle…

…to show. Camellia saluenensis Erica lusitanica flowering amid a bank of Rubus tricolor. Erica lusitanica Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ with its leaves just turning. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ Plenty of flowers still…

…children (Rubus tricolor). Rubus phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Underneath the main clump of Podocarpus salignus a veritable carpet of seedlings have popped up in the drought. Most Cornish plants that I…

…it is flowering very well this year. You readily can see the four separate colours in some leaves (but not others). It is more striking than Hydrangea ‘Tricolor’ but a…