…the purple undersides to its leaves which are also quite outstanding. Disanthus cercidifolius is a plant noted for its autumn colours which we have failed to grow despite three attempts….

…027064) is pictured here. The flowers do not have the purple veining I would expect from this species? Perhaps they are in fact Enkianthus chinensis or perhaps the veining will…

…exactly that. Another nail in the BBC coffin given time one hopes.I was being thick about my earlier comments on the purple cut leaf beech which I described as a…

…flowering a month early. Embothriums Looking at Melicytus obovatus again with its tiny (but voluminous) quantities of flowers I notice that while the vast majority of the flowers are purple…

…fortunei albomarginata in flower. Hosta fortunei albomarginata Well clipped Buxus sempervirens and Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’. Buxus sempervirens Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’…

…‘Purple Platter’ was planted in 2008 and now making a good show. New Zealand bred by Oswald Blumhardt it is M. ‘Iolanthe’ x M. soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’. Magnolia ‘Purple Platter’…

…and Roses’ coming out. The underside of the leaves has bright purple indumentum. Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ Above the green gate two ‘new’ magnolias are out…

…collected in a limestone crevice in ?Vietnam Hedychium unknown species Hedychium unknown species Purple new growth on Rhododendron nuttallii in the greenhouse Rhododendron nuttallii Rhododendron nuttallii Illicium simonsii – pinkish…

…new planting where the soil was exposed after our tree felling. As we saw they are predominantly purple and smaller flowered on Sinogrande Walk. violets Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x…

…is purple in bud, opening purple-lavender and then fading (as here) to pale lilac-pink. A double flower. Sadly the plant is nearly dead below the tower. Planted about 1991. Syringa…