…‘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…

…is now full out. One of the parents of Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ as is now obvious. Escallonia bifida Escallonia bifida Merrillopanax alpinus leaves have hints of purple appearing on the older…

…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…

…Peter Smithers’ – a darker form from Wisley Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ A Dichroa cynea with fruits. Exotic and unseen by us before. Purple…

…Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling outside the front gate. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ seedling Prunus cerasifera ‘Pissardii’ is quite similar to ‘Nigra’ in flower but this one has purple foliage rather than…

…do not look quite pure from the leaves or flowers which are near white with a dark purple blotch and a faint pink edge to the trumpets at first. I…

…first flowers out. Prunus x incam ‘Okame’ Prunus conradinae just showing. Prunus conradinae Acer morifolium has attractive greenish-purple new growth shoots from last year and a purple hue overall from…

…excellent Rhododendron gongshanense: Tender but ok Cornwall Rhododendron magniflorum: August flowers (glanduliferum on steroids) Sorbus filipes: Purple fruits, crimson fruits. SUPERB small shrub! Sorbus ligustrifolia: Fruits last into following year…

…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 before. Cotoneaster moupinensis with…

…for seed for Asia to collect now or shortly and enjoy some early autumn colours in the late afternoon sun.Nyssa sinensis showing its first dark purple hues. Soon it will…