…What a dark colour and so many flowers on such a young plant. I saw this three years ago at a Savill Garden RCM Group / RHS rhododendron show in…

…in July? Odd. Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Loropetalum chinensis var. rubrum ‘Pearl’ Indigofera howellii has a very dark pink flower – almost reddish. Indigofera howellii 2023 – CHW Quinces…

…nibbled) plants. Azalea ‘Kirin’ Azalea ‘Kirin’ A decent young Abies grandis getting away below the larger fernery. Offsets its dark green colours nicely with the nearby Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’. Abies…

…Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ likewise. A much darker and better pink than the one seen yesterday in the Savill Garden. Magnolia ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Raspberry…

…this same plant has rather darker flowers and was out a month earlier. Camellia reticulata ‘Captain Rawes’ I said earlier in March that the primroses outside the front door were…

…one is ‘Pink Snowbell’ which has very dark leaves but is only really pink in bud. ‘Pink Snowbell’ ‘Pink Snowbell’ Euptelia polyandra with a second flush of good new growth…

…‘Ruby Hart’ – a wonderful dark red. Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ A nice dark form of Rhododendron reticulatum. Very different from the old plant in the Rockery. A very variable species…

…young monkey puzzle is flowering for the first time. Is this a male of female? On the basis of the Wollemi seen yesterday the dark cones of flower should be…

…no flowers in the centre of the bush. Azalea ‘Klondyke’ Rhododendron ‘Ruby Hart’ – very dark but the plants are dying of old age after about 25 to 30 years….

…it again. Along the way I discover a good Rhododendron sanguineum by the pond. Shy to flower but a very dark red indeed. Rhododendron sanguineum Rhododendron sanguineum Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’…