…Hydrangea serrata ‘Mount Aso’ Why do some flowers on Desfontainea spinosa have a yellow tip to the orange and some not? Desfontainea spinosa Desfontainea spinosa Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ still with…

…Rhododendron excellens Our young Desfontainea spinosa have their first flowers. Much larger and longer than on the old dead plant here or the stock plant at Burncoose. Some slug damage…

…‘Gold Rush’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Gold Rush’ See how different this flower is on our Desfontainea spinosa than the one a week ago at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight….

…and L giganteums – Romneya nice. 1897 – JCW Desfontainea’s at their best. I planted Rapid on the road to the Kitchen Garden. (1925 is yet there and never increased)….