9th June

…£575! Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Cyathia cooperi Cyathia cooperi Good use of Primula and Rodgersia. Primula and Rodgersia…

29th July

‘Blue Chiffon’ – attractive but a bit too tender to grow properly outside? Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Chiffon’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Starburst Chiffon’ Hibiscus syriacus ‘Starburst Chiffon’ The dark foliage on Ceanothus…

9th September

…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 before on this…

7th June

…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…

31st August

‘Blue Tit’ with a sparse second flowering. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ The biggest Quercus acuta has small acorns as we have seen occasionally before. This year they do…

8th February

…Chip’ has had a haircut and been re-staked upright. The older foliage is not very blue at this time of the year. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ The Magnolia campbellii by…

10th August

…pond. I am not in the know on aquatic plants but have seen this growing frequently elsewhere. What I have not seen before is the blue flowers. blue flowering bog…

4th March

…this extraordinary year? Spanish bluebells The last flower on Rhododendron mucronulatum is a very dark purple beside the bluebells. This showed colour first in November and is testament to a…

27th June

…Hydrangea ‘Blueberry Cheesecake’ (daft name) seems to be a form of Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ and has blue AND pink flowers. Hydrangea ‘Blueberry Cheesecake’ Hydrangea ‘Black Diamonds’ seems to be purple or…

16th October

…garden. A present from us a few years ago. Strobilanthes rankanensis Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ still flowering! Rosa ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ in full flower and stunning in…