…heldreichii Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ with only a leaf left. Magnolia ‘Silk Road’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ with good reddish-purple colours. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Enkianthus campanulatus…

…purple appearing on the older leaves. Merrillopanax alpinus One of the 30 year old Rosa roxburgii has died. The other has hips forming. Rosa roxburgii Oreopanax incisus has few leaves…

…corresponding on the naming of one or two of his magnolias. We have a (still small) Magnolia ‘Anne Rosse’ x Magnolia ‘Purple Breeze’. First bud showing colour on the new…

…‘Cherokee Chief’ with similarly good red and purple colouring. Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’ Rhododendron keysii with a decent flower. There is nearly always a flower on this rhododendron right through…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW The very ancient Euonymus tingens still has a few flowers with purple markings….

…Double’ and Podocarpus totara. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave Pink’ Papaver rupifragum ‘Flore Pleno’ and Sedum ‘Purple…

…Blue’ Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ was spectacular. Salvia ‘Purple Rain’ Then on the Dalverton Garden Centre which was heaving with people and had doubled the size of its car park during…

…Cercis canadensis ‘Alley Cat’ Cercis canadensis ‘Alley Cat’ Purple fruits on a not entirely pure form of Corylus maxima ‘Purpurea’. Corylus maxima ‘Purpurea’ 2022 – CHW Iris ‘Lady in Waiting’…

…Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ looking very fine. Ailanthus altissima ‘Purple Dragon’ A young Stewartia pseudocamellia starting to flower in Kennel Close….

…flower. Ehretia dicksonii Ehretia thyrsiflora (now Ehretia acuminata apparently) with developed and serrated leaves which do seem a bit like the other species. Purple new growth as we have seen…