…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…

…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…

…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’…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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 –…

…(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…

…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…

…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…

…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….

…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…

…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’…

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’….

…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…

…‘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…

…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’…

…‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’. Buxus sempervirens Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ 2021 – CHW Osborne House is run by English Heritage so they nearly refused…

…near Barnstaple and this plant was out. Similar purple-black ivy-like seedpods replace the flowers. The flower heads look much like the seed heads in reality. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Also…

…slender stalked open branched sprays with purple-red outer petals and creamy white inner petals as here AND it flowers in summer which very few Mahonia species do. Then again M….