…about five or six nursery exhibits. LGM apparently £650. At Chelsea a gold medal only £575! Burncoose stand Burncoose stand Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ Distylum myricoides…

…‘Curly Red’ Absurdly named but excellent – Hydrangea ‘You and Me Together’ – Rose and Blue. A rather more double and intricate flower than ‘Fireworks Blue’ and ‘Fireworks Pink’. Hydrangea…

…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 plant which covers an…

…Gillenia trifoliata Rosa ‘Blue 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….

…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…

…in colour or have gone over altogether? Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ 1992 – FJW All corn in – poor harvest. Peas west, then Barley –…

…is so impressive. Magnolia ‘Venus’ Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex…

…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…

…x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’ has astonishing blue buds with a silvery indumentum. They open blueish and then a blueish yellow. Better than Magnolia…

…‘Ayesha’ and has blue AND pink flowers. Hydrangea ‘Blueberry Cheesecake’ Hydrangea ‘Black Diamonds’ seems to be purple or red with the same name. Quite nice but not that different yet….