…what we are seeing here and with the new cross is Lanarth’s purple being crossed (via M. ‘F J Williams’) with a pure pink to produce something with reddish/crimson flowers….

…excellent Rhododendron gongshanense: Tender but ok Cornwall Rhododendron magniflorum: August flowers (glanduliferum on steroids) Sorbus filipes: Purple fruits, crimson fruits. SUPERB small shrub! Sorbus ligustrifolia: Fruits last into following year…

…about 12 meters apart. Also one Crataegus ‘Crimson Cloud’ which is a spectacular new introduction. four varieties of flowering malus four varieties of flowering malus four varieties of flowering malus…

…Rhododendron lonigerum Pinus ponderosa Pinus ponderosa Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’ Camellia ‘Harold L Paige’ (‘Adolphe Audusson’ x ‘Crimson Robe’) Camellia ‘Harold L Paige’ Perhaps a…

…the arch facing in). Camellia ‘Mathotiana Rosea’ The third one is a semi double white with crimson flecking which might be the one on the Veitch lists called Camellia ‘Duchess…

…(nearly) etc, etc. Crimson Hookeri shows colour. Roses opening in beds. Cushion Iris nearly all out, and crossing mostly over. 1901 – JCW Picked some recurvas, sent two fine Poet…

…etc. Crimson Hookeri shows colour. Roses opening in beds. Cushion Iris nearly all out, and crossing mostly over. 1901 – JCW Picked some recurvas, sent two fine Poet flowers to…

…propagate this summer. What tubular orange bells! Crataegus laevigata ‘Crimson Cloud’ perfect today in the Isla Rose. Syringa tomentella from Roundabarrow with its first few flowers. Abelia floribunda looking good…

…the odd flower from the stem. Planted in 2011. Jack Tidball’s wedding tent on Beach Meadow. Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ outside my office window. Gorgeous new leaves on Fagus sylvatica…

…Orchard, many crimson scarlet hybrids show colour, R irroratum is opening. R scabrifolium, lutescens, baileyi, two forms of dahuricum – moupinense, several Caucasicums, a bit of Oreodoxa, some Rubiginosum and…