Plants, Flowers, Hydrangea, Close up pink coloured flowerhead.

Plants, Flowers, Hydrangea, Close up pink coloured flowerhead.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', purple blue buds opening among green leaves on a shrub.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', purple blue flower and bud growing on a shrub against a green background.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', single purple blue flower growing on a shrub.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', purple blue flower and buds growing on a shrub against a green background.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', single purple blue flower growing on a shrub against a green background.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', purple blue bud opening among green leaves on a shrub.

Rose mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Bird', purple blue buds opening among green leaves on a shrub.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries and a few leaves from the shrub in the autumn.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries in the autumn.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.