…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…

…is darker purple and sometimes the first magnolia to show colour in the garden by Georges Hut; but not this year although it is full out today. There has been…

…up Mess’ Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up Mess’ Michelia foggii ‘Mixed up Mess’ A 2010 planted Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ is in flower and excellent. It is a touch of purple…

…Star’ Magnolia ‘Burgundy Star’ This is Magnolia ‘Aphrodite’ which continues to impress (Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x Magnolia ‘Deep Purple Dream’). Sister seedling to ‘Antje Zandee’ presumably and not much different….

…M doltsopa. This he attributes to the velvety orange or purple indumentum on the undersides of the leaves which are quite pronounced on the leaves of this tree. This is…

…primrose which was once a cross with my mother’s Primula ‘Wanda’ (dark purple) which grew in a line on the edge of the border opposite the front door. first coloured…

…another Vance Hooper New Zealand creation. This time Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’. A hint of purple at the base of the bud and flower about Magnolia ‘David Clulow’ in size and…

…A fine display of Lythrum salicaria or Purple Loosestrife outside the front gates. This has regrown to flowering size after the first grass cut in late June. Lythrum salicaria Lythrum…

…April this year. The pinkish flowers are still half sized and without their full greenish-black-purple colouration when mature. They are also only half the size they will be in due…

…touch of purple indumentum underneath. Those in between nothing. The plant is again evergreen with us and still putting on growth in winter which may well prove to be a…

…gracilipes. These are seedlings and a bit variable as can be seen from the leaf colours. Some have a purple hue while others remain green. A good new plant which…

…fasciculatus Pittosporum fasciculatum – large dark purple flowers. Pittosporum fasciculatum Coprosma virescens – tiny leaves. Coprosma virescens Alseuosmia banksii – yellowish ‘fuchsia-like’ flowers. Alseuosmia banksii Alseuosmia banksii Olearia erubescens –…

…species which Tom collected in a limestone crevice in ?Vietnam Purple new growth on Rhododendron nuttallii in the greenhouse Illicium simonsii – pinkish in bud opening pale yellow, highly scented….

…pipiterum – purple leaved. A more mature plant than anything we have at home. The foliage has paled a little in autumn. Zanthoxylum pipiterum Autumn colour on Enkianthus serrulatus. Tom…

…and blackish-purple but not yet shedding. Platycarya strobilacea Platycarya strobilacea Camellia champetre ‘Cinnamon Candy’ is a cross between Camellia japonica ‘Kenyotae’ and Camellia lutchuensis. Just coming out and, as yet,…

…ago but is perhaps more exposed to wind. More of a “red” than ‘Gum Ball’ which is, today, more purple here. Colours vary and Caerhays see little autumn colour of…

…Magnolia lilliflora ‘Nigra’ A single rogue flower on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ (it is a touch of purple really). Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’ Fine colour on a young Acer sikkimense…

…rare species for 10 miles (i.e. at Tregrehan) so why are seed setting? Earlier in the year I photographed just a few yellow flowers (female flowers purple) which I assumed…