…sign of new growth yet and stem/trunk still green. Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ First flower on the pink form of Rhododendron ‘Bo-Peep’. A little later…

…Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ looked tenderish but is fairly low growing compared to some. Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Rudbeckia ‘Maya’ Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ with a pear. Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ Polemonium…

…new growth. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ Ptelea baldwinii flowering for the first time. Ptelea baldwinii Pittosporum illicioides angustifolium with tiny orange flowers – another first flowering. Pittosporum illicioides…

…to see if the young Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ in the Rookery needs a stake and it does! No sign of the wonderful new growth yet. Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Quercus rhysophylla…

…one bothers to come. Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ is ready to plant out shortly. The most impressive thing about this fairly recent introduction is its reddish new growth which is not…

…– and try hard to achieve. Then the metropolitan elite might really have something to squawk about.Pink new growth on Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’. Quercus rhysophylla ‘Maya’ Red new growth on…

…Here an elderly Eucryphia lucida nearly dead from the drought. Another one by the greenhouse is only alive on a few lower branches. Eucryphia lucida Quercus rysophylla ‘Maya’ just reshooting…

…coccinea – reddish (probably correctly named as coccineum speciosum) Ghent Hybrids ‘Maya’ – yellow and sort of semi double Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ Ghent Hybrids ‘Tower Darling’ They are bolder…