…and Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ just full out. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ (pale pink form) nearly over. Rhododendron ‘Royal Flush’ Still flowers on Magnolia globosa….

…which I believe have now been reclassified as rhododendrons. Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ Menziesia ‘Honshu Blue’ An old Rhododendron campylogynum on its last legs in the Rockery. Rhododendron…

…good a bluebell bit as we have in the main garden near Rogers Quarry. Bluebells Illicium majus is making a fair tree. Good new growth. Illicium majus Illicium majus Cercis…

…welcome addition to our four other pink and purple flowered Loropetalum varieties. Loropetalum carolina ‘Moonlight’ Teucrium fruiticosum ‘Azureum’ – a good blue and much better than the light blue of…

…Rhododendron ‘Christmas Cheer’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ with its first flowers and new growth. Still to see any blue but presumably this will be evident in the new growth. Distylum…

…paniculata ‘White Lace’ Young Acer campestre showing autumnal yellow. Acer campestre Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ turning to reddish purple. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ First yellowing on Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’. Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Aureomarginata’…

…for You’ on the Cornish Rose Company stand. Rosa ‘Blue for You’ Rosa ‘Blue for You’ A nice memorial for Albert Riddle outside the members’ pavilion. Albert would have approved…

…growth progressing on the big leafed rhododendrons and secondary new growth on many other things. Abies koreana with fine clusters of blue cones. Abies koreana More seeds than usual on…

…pear. Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ was pretty. Hardy? Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Polemonium ‘Bambino Blue’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’ in the rain. Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Helenium…

…– CHW An old clump of Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ The Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’ are now a huge clump above the drive….