I know what this is...

[Froglegs]

......but do you?, flowers from may to the first frost. :)

[Froglegs]

[saddad]

No, but it looks lovely... my first guess was one of the red Passifloras but too woody, unless it is growing through a laurel of some kind!
;D

[Grandma]

It's lovely! Is it a magnolia of some kind?

[Froglegs]

Mmmmm......no. :)

[quizzical1]

Is it maybe one of the multitude of Azaleas/Rhododendrons (same family)?

[Froglegs]

No :)

[valmarg]

How about calycanthus occidentalis (Californian allspice).

According to my RHS A-Z of Garden Plants it is fully frost hardy.

valmarg

[Froglegs]

How about calycanthus occidentalis (Californian allspice).

According to my RHS A-Z of Garden Plants it is fully frost hardy.

valmarg

Correct  ;D and yes it is fully frost hardy, and is allways smutherd in flowers, doesn't mind being pruned back hard. I grew mine from seed about 9 years ago from Chiltern seeds. ;D

[valmarg]

froglegs, I first came across it when I took a snap of a plant in a garden on Jersey about 20 years ago.  I originally thought it was a magnolia (from the shape of the flowers).  It is a 'little' beaut!!

valmarg

[flowerlady]

That's lovely ... does it have a scent ????

[Hyacinth]

Want one! That's a lovely thing and really earns its keep, doesn't it? Any other colours, btw?

[ACE]

If yours seeds, I would not mind a few. It is a beautiful plant.

[Froglegs]

Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

[Froglegs]

Alishka sorry don't know if it comes in different colours

Flowerlady both foliage and flowers have a strong spicy scent which you like(i don't!) or ya don't. :-\  But if its scent ya after at this time of the year let me recommend Clerodendrum Bungei with its deep rose- pink flowers that just fill my garden with a perfume to rival any rose.

[ACE]

Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.

[Barnowl]

Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

So the flowers never turn into actual allspice berries?

[Froglegs]

Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.

It throws up the odd sucker but i would not call it a thug.

[Froglegs]

Sorry Ace I've never got any seed from it. :'( i don't think it is self fertile.

So the flowers never turn into actual allspice berries?

No never had berries.

[ACE]

Nice if you have plenty of room, I spent a lot of last winter clearing this stuff from a garden as it is a bit of a thug and spreads easily.

It throws up the odd sucker but i would not call it a thug.

If you had cleared as much as I had to, I bet you would. But on reflection the garden I was clearing had suffered from a lot from an inexperienced gardener/handyman for a few years and he had let it get out of hand. The area I cleared was  big enough for a full size croquet lawn.

[Froglegs]

It's not a game we play in Nottingham, so how big is that then ma duck.