…‘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…

…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…

…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…

…‘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…

…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’…

…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…

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’….

…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…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…these below Magnolia JCW on the drive. Need to check. multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus multi-stemmed sorbus Nearby Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Worplesdon’ is turning purple at the top with odd…

…before on Magnolia ‘Crystal Tulip’. Magnolia ‘Crystal Tulip’ Nyssa sinensis (FMWJ 13122) with its newer leaves already a stand out, reddish-purple. Nyssa sinensis Carpinus omeiensis omiense (Roundabarrow) with reddish, secondary…

…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….

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…