…‘Golden Gem’ Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ – dark leaves and dark fruits. Malus toringo ‘Scarlett’ Another species of Lysionotus – L. pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) with flowers much the same as the…

…front gate. A good dark colour this year high up but you can already see the paler insides to the tepals as you see in ‘Caerhays Belle’. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

…the wall has suddenly shed a pile of leaves. A bad omen for its survival. Camellia reticulatas First flower this year on the darker form of Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’…

…Abies delavayi with its dark blue spiky seed cones at Tregothnan. Now we have our own plant 15 years old and producing 50 seed cones. Abies delavayi Abies delavayi The…

…so ago. Perhaps Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ is however the best single dark red? Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ 2017 – CHW Amazingly, and…

…dark red deciduous azalea above the Trevanion holly. very dark red deciduous azalea Rhododendron auriculatum now full out. Rhododendron auriculatum Rhododendron sanguineum full out beyond George’s Hut. Rhododendron sanguineum Stachyurus…

…of a clump of mophead hydrangeas up from Red Linney on the bank. They are Hydrangea Selma, planted in 2009 and billed as being a very dark red. In our…

…fade. Correa harrisii Correa harrisii Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’ with flowers. Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’ The magnolia tunnel all tidied and re-potted. See the before and after! magnolia tunnel magnolia tunnel Solarium…

…swamped out by adjacent magnolias (as was the plan) but what a dark red. Perhaps the darkest and best? Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ Azalea ‘Black Hawk’ I memory of the above…

…Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ I have never known the name of this ancient deciduous azalea by the Four in Hand but the yellowish orange flare against the dark red makes it…