…Late season flowerer. Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ Some of the yellow male catkins on Betula luminifera are a foot or more long. So profusely are they hanging on…

…old plants of Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ nearing their last ‘hurrah’. Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ Rhododendron ‘Veryan Bay’ First flowering here of Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ which I first saw in the Valley…

…Needham’s collection at Tregye. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Rhododendron augustinii corner with a blaze of mauve, blue and purple. Rhododendron augustinii corner Rhododendron augustinii corner A trip on the 1½…

…Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ but none the worse for that! Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ A decent sized Magnolia wilsonii has failed to leaf up and died. I fear caught…

…is the very late flowering Azalea ‘Jane Fire’. Azalea ‘Jane Fire’ Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ getting established. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ Lomatia tinctoria now full out. Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria…

…variety of colours from purple to reddish purple and with or without central blotches. Rhododendron kiyosumense (search elsewhere in the diary to see) is also a form of reticulatum but…

…Kennel Close). The name is now Betula kweichowensis subsp. fansipanensis apparently in the new Hillier’s. Lovely dark purple new growth and look at the bark on the stem. Betula insignis…

…elderly Magnolia soulangeana on the Burncoose drive has many, dark purple, secondary flowers. Magnolia soulangeana Last few flowers on Weigela coraeensis at the entrance to Burncoose gardens – these age…

…(‘Chang Hua’) Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Magnolia ‘Crystal Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Flamingo’ Magnolia ‘Fukuja’ Magnolia ‘Pink Charm’ Magnolia ‘Purple Eye’ Magnolia ‘Purple Star’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sybille’ magnolias from Magnoliastore This pyrus…

…yet. Sorbus eleonorae Only one of the clump of three Callicarpa shirasawana has a good crop of light purple berries in Tin Garden. Callicarpa shirasawana Autumn colour just starting on…

…Sycoparrotia semidecidua ‘Purple Haze’ has startling blackish-purple new growth and is a new plant for the website. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Sycoparrotia semidecidua Telopea speciosissima with a flower just coming. These need…

…purple appearing on the older leaves. Merrillopanax alpinus One of the 30 year old Rosa roxburgii has died. The other has hips forming. Rosa roxburgii Oreopanax incisus has few leaves…

…dark purple hues. Soon it will be purple all over. Nyssa sinensis Nyssa sinensis Some newly peeled bark on Prunus serrula tibetica glows red in the sun. Wonderful! Prunus serrula…

…2. ‘Felix Jury’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ 3. ‘Purple Sensation’ x ‘Felix Jury ‘ 4. ‘Sir Harold Hiller’ x ‘Lanarth Surprise ‘ 5. ‘Betty Jessel’x ‘Feix Jury’ 6. ‘Betty Jessel ‘…

…Superba’ flowering in Truro. The secondary flowers had a purple dash in the centre of the tepals and the flowers were much smaller. Viburnum fansiparense with fruit. Viburnum fansiparense Viburnum…

…in the way of autumn colour either. Acer heldreichii Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ with only a leaf left. Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ with good reddish-purple colours. Cornus florida…

…‘White Lace’. Hydrangea 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’….

…‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Aurora’ Magnolia ‘Purple Sensation’ is just showing colour – very dark. Magnolia ‘Purple Sensation’ Magnolia ‘Sweetheart’ is half out. Magnolia ‘Sweetheart’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ – no idea who…

…yunnanense. Crabiodendron yunnanense Acer takesimense showing good autumn colour. Acer takesimense Acer takesimense Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ with similarly good red and purple colouring. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Rhododendron keysii…

…Double’ and Podocarpus totara. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’ Papaver rupifragum ‘Flore Pleno’ and Sedum ‘Purple…