…drive is now at its absolute best. The top part of the tree is more purple than red but the odd remaining lower leaves are red. Marvellous in the sun…

…the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One…

…in the nursery is, as it should be, a double dark rich red. The plants outside at Caerhays shown a few days ago were much more purple-black than this. Camellia…

…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…

…Rare Plant Fair acquisition. Podocarpus drouynianus 2023 – CHW Hydrangea ‘Merveille Sanguine’ has been missing pictures on the Burncoose website for 18 months. A reddish-purple mophead but we have had…

…as dappled colours on the fading leaves. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ – nothing beats these bronze/purple fruits but no autumn colour yet. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Firmania simplex…

…the backyard showing good reddish purple autumn colour. Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Azalea ‘Babeuff’ Above it on the wall the old brown flower heads on Hydrangea seemanii hang down from…

…is Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Hodginsii’ which makes a good specimen tree for a lawn and is well worth propagating. A male clone with purple stems. Another good find to add…

…few pictures of the tree, its odd trunk and its purple twigs. Previously called Ilex centrochinensis. Ilex corallina Ilex corallina Ilex corallina 18 new (to us) species of Viburnum from…

…young plant. The new growth starts purple before fading. Ehretia thysiflora Ehretia thysiflora Ehretia thysiflora Quercus laurifolia too has enjoyed the wet since August and has plenty of secondary new…

…few more new plant entries for 2017: Agastache ‘Blackadder’ is an attractive late flowering dark blue purple. Quite a show in a herbaceous border for September and growing to about…

…franchettii Stachyurus praecox with a good purple autumn toning. Earlier in the nursery than in the garden. Stachyurus praecox One forgets how good the Hamamelis autumn colour can be too….

…now full out. A hint of purple around the stigmas. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Crataegifolia’ Plenty of flower buds on Polyspora longicarpa. Polyspora longicarpa Tristaniopsis laurina, the Water gum,…

…an area of new woodland planting after the 1990 hurricane. One day the top of the hill may have a purple blotch from afar!Time for a bit of thinning around…

…new flowers when the main crop of flowers are over and have turned greenish with red-purple tints? Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Hydrangea ‘Madame Mouilliere’ Visit…

…hidden green and purple flowers protruding from the stems. A spring flowerer normally. New Zealand Fuchsia exorticatica 2008 – FJW Continues mild. Front door Nobilissima fully out. Saw first daff….

…Griselinia ruscifolia has purple-black flowers which are largely over. A multi stemmed shrub. Griselinia ruscifolia Griselinia ruscifolia Gambelia pseudocuodendifolia (BSWJ 11767) is battered but intact as an evergreen. Gambelia pseudocuodendifolia…

…Lanarth’s purple being crossed (via M. ‘F J Williams’) with a pure pink to produce something with reddish/crimson flowers. Yesterday’s wind had predictably damaged the flowers on the oldest Magnolia…

…were cut exactly a week ago for the Spring has Sprung in Cornwall party at the Nare (which didn’t of course happen) before the east winds started. The purple one…

…reddish-purple at Burncoose in the garden but this is nice. Some years at Burncoose the petals have had a slight white rim at the tip of the tepal but not…