…which makes this hybrid so special. First seen in The Valley Gardens at Windsor a couple of years ago. Late season flowerer. Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Some of…

…in full flower – a record sized tree which has layered itself on this steep bank to expand even further. A stemmed dogwood type of flower and not that exciting…

…startlingly good. The tree has attractive bark and is now about 12-15ft tall with two main stems. Very glossy leaves and clearly tender so grown in a warm and very…

…x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ is good but, yet again, I can find no registered name. Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x M. campbellii…

…good with several colour changes before we get to the final dark red. x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ x Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ full out…

…memory a Magnolia denudata form? Magnolia ‘Anticipation’ Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ – more Star Wars than purple in its first flowering. Magnolia ‘Purple Dream’ x ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia…

…to fruit in such profusion. Ligustrum confusum The Neolitsea polycarpa which we pruned back to a single stem on planting this year has shot vigorously from the base and only…

…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 been caused by a…

…all like the herbaceous species seen a couple of days ago. A single stem and about 4-5ft of new growth already this year. Nasty spiked prickles on the stem. Perhaps…

…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 Schefflera delavayi are enormous…