Stunning photos @Papi Jo, well caught with those raindrops too! May I ask the name of the purple leaved standard tree/shrub in the last photo please, it's a lovely colour!
Stunning photos @Papi Jo, well caught with those raindrops too! May I ask the name of the purple leaved standard tree/shrub in the last photo please, it's a lovely colour!
Thanks, @Plantminded ! That's Loropetalum Chinense ‘Fede’, planted in the garden last year, a splendid (and ... expensive) specimen. More pics on my garden site here.
Those are very beautiful. I've seen them sold for forcing indoors but rarely as a general outdoor bulb and assumed they weren't fully hardy.
RHS gives them as "Hardy through most of the UK -10° to -5°". In my garden in Brittany they usually start flowering for Xmas and last well into February. I would certainly not force them indoors, because I find their smell unbearable... even in the garden! See this poll & discussion on that topic.
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Thanks, @Plantminded ! That's Loropetalum Chinense ‘Fede’, planted in the garden last year, a splendid (and ... expensive) specimen. More pics on my garden site here.