19th July

…Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ just out on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ looking very fine. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ A young Stewartia pseudocamellia…

19th February

…in Hand. Rhododendron viscosum Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ with its first flowers out. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus conradinae just showing. Prunus conradinae Acer morifolium has attractive greenish-purple new growth…

10th March

…Harold Hillier’ Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x M. ‘Deep Purple Dream’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’. Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Magnolia ‘Antje Zandee’ Good to see…

23rd March

…Magnolia mollicomata in the Ririei Opening slightly wind scuffed by the recent east winds. Magnolia mollicomata Magnolia ‘Purple Splendour’ and Michelia doltsopa look good together in the distance. Magnolia ‘Purple

1st April

…This is another first flower (unimpressive) on Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ (2017 planted). Doubt it is true to name. Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x ‘Betty Jessel’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x…

7th April

…and Osmanthus delavayi Class 9 – 2nd with R. praestans and a 4th with macabeanum. Class 13 – 1st picturered below, 2nd M. ‘Purple Sensation, and 3rd M. sprengeri ‘Diva’…

8th April

…a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’. Magnolia (Michelia) ‘Fairy Lime’ Another of Alan Clarke’s introductions…

19th April

…are purple there are very occasional yellow ones here and there interspersed with the others. Could these be the female flowers producing the rather few purple berries that we have…

30th April

…underside of the leaves has bright purple indumentum. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Above the green gate two ‘new’ magnolias are out for the first time (to…

20th February

…Cornwall Rhododendron magniflorum: August flowers (glanduliferum on steroids) Sorbus filipes: Purple fruits, crimson fruits. SUPERB small shrub! Sorbus ligustrifolia: Fruits last into following year with flowers Staphylea pringlei: Mexico –…

7th May

…(Roundabarrow). Sorbus yuana Clone 1 Sorbus yuana Clone 1 Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ – good name! Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ Carpinus heterophyllus ‘Quercifolia’ leafing up. Cannot trace this name in…

9th May

purple undersides to its leaves which are also quite outstanding. Disanthus cercidifolius is a plant noted for its autumn colours which we have failed to grow despite three attempts. The…

11th May

…candelabra A young Enkianthus deflexus (APA 112 C31 027064) is pictured here. The flowers do not have the purple veining I would expect from this species? Perhaps they are in…

22nd May

…I have been corrected by Clare on this! Yellow poppies Syringa ‘Katherine Havemeyer’ is purple in bud, opening purple-lavender and then fading (as here) to pale lilac-pink. A double flower….

24th May

…Magnolia nitida Laurel stumps all gone above the greenhouse. Laurel stumps all gone 2023 – CHW Wonderful red-purple new growth on Osmanthus yunnanensis. Osmanthus yunnanensis A young Camellia trichocarpa with…

28th May

…flowers are superb. Perhaps Azalea ‘Bungo-nishiki’ which is indicum x kaempferi. A must to propagate anyway I do not recollect ever seeing this in flower before. ‘Carpeted’! Azalea ‘Purple Triumph’…

5th June

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2025 – CHW Rhododendron megacalyx in the Aucklandii Garden. Rhododendron megacalyx Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’….

29th June

…Rhododendron sanguineum full out beyond George’s Hut. Rhododendron sanguineum Stachyurus ‘Devon Purple’ planted recently but living up to its name. Stachyurus ‘Devon Purple’ Styrax serratifolius has only a very few…

1st July

…‘Alley Cat’. If you don’t like variegated things (as my father didn’t) this is not one to contemplate. Cercis canadensis ‘Alley Cat’ Cercis canadensis ‘Alley Cat’ Purple fruits on a…

15th July

…a few flowers with purple markings. I soon got the ivy off the trunk. Euonymus tingens G_15_Jul_EUONYMUS_tingens_01 Camellia japonica ‘White Nun’ reshooting well after its haircut. Camellia japonica ‘White Nun’…