…with fine clusters of blue cones. Abies koreana More seeds than usual on Decaisnea fargesii but yet to turn blue. Decaisnea fargesii Camellia tsai with lovely red secondary new growth….

…Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ 1992 – FJW All corn in – poor harvest. Peas west, then Barley – wheat average. 1990 – FJW All corn…

…Japanese Abies homolepis (Nikko fir) is also similarly covered in blue cones. One small cone has a twist of needles at the top. Abies homolepis Abies homolepis Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’…

…by the pond covered in secondary flowers. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Ficus pumila with a large crop of ripe blue/black figs. Far more than I have ever seen…

…summer and a hot location. Embothrium lanceolatum 2018 – CHW Autumn colour in the nursery.Fothergilla ‘Blue Shadow’ is even better with autumn tints now than in the spring. Fothergilla ‘Blue…

…to the website is the very splendid Tibouchina organensis ‘Blue Moon’. It is pink not blue! Tibouchina organensis ‘Blue Moon’ Tibouchina organensis ‘Blue Moon’ The staff have organised a Pumpkin…

…on aquatic plants but have seen this growing frequently elsewhere. What I have not seen before is the blue flowers. blue flowering bog plant blue flowering bog plant An effective…

…to be a form of Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ and has blue AND pink flowers. Hydrangea ‘Blueberry Cheesecake’ Hydrangea ‘Black Diamonds’ seems to be purple or red with the same name. Quite…

…at a name might be Hydrangea ‘Benelux’. However, even then, the shape of the florets is different. blue hydrangeas blue hydrangeas blue hydrangeas Jamesia americana is about full out below…

…Burncoose catalogue this year. Gillenia trifoliata Gillenia trifoliata Rosa ‘Blue for You’ on the Cornish Rose Company stand. Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for…

…with a silvery indumentum. They open blueish and then a blueish yellow. Better than Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ I believe. Not the most startling magnolia from a distance but a…

…dallii Pittosporum dallii Pittosporum dallii Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ would make an easy spring bulb pot sale with little effort. Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue Giant’ Chionodoxa forbesii…

…are exceptionally good. Acer paxii: Blue undersides to leaves Acer sacchorum subsp. skutchii: Mexico Acer wardii Actinidia rubrifolia var. coriacea: Red flowers Betula calcicola: Dwarf shrub curled and furry/hairy new…

…week from peak Magnolia time although the storms have knocked-off buds and damaged flowers. It will not be a vintage magnolia year but still gorgeous today with a blue sky….

…building laundry building laundry building laundry building These blue barrels will be used as supplementary pheasant feeders for all the birds which survived the last, much-shortened, shooting season. blue barrels…

…laevigata. Michelia yunnanensis – now (apparently) Magnolia laevigata Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ against a blue sky. Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ We used to call this Michelia…

…of Old Park. Rhododendron loderi Rhododendron loderi Magnolia acuminata ‘Philo Blue’ not quite out yet. Magnolia acuminata ‘Philo Blue’ An unknown Betula at the end of Old Park with very…

…Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ (M. obovata x M. globosa). Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Acer rubrum ‘Red…

…out. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ flowering for the first time. Two previous plants died. Magnolia acuminata ‘Blue Opal’ View 26th May 1897 – 2020…

…in Blue’ in a pot outside the Stable Flat. Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Roy Lancaster sends me his pictures of three very rare plants flowering in his garden. Lonicera calcarata….