…the only one in this clump of five fairly ordinary orange azaleas to be bereft of flowers. A strange oddity caused by I know not what. Just the same in…

…‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to pollard this tree in the autumn. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Very good deep yellow flowers on Berberis wilsoniae. Berberis wilsoniae Berberis wilsoniae Then another…

…supposedly, of Buddleia globosa from France are flowering yellow rather than the more normal orange. That is perhaps OK but the other half of the batch are pink and not…

…flowering orange (deciduous) azalea which grows on the drive here and, also, at Burncoose. We have never had any idea of a name and some years the well-established 80? year…

…Slipper’ just out. Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ Azalea calendulaceum – Sandling orange – red form. A very good addition to our species collection. Azalea calendulaceum Azalea calendulaceum Mallotus japonicus with its…

…reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ Camellia reticulata ‘Lila Naff’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Dreamboat’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Dreamboat’ Camellia reticulata ‘Ming Temple’ – not one I had heard of…

…Also multi-stemmed but the fruits are slightly less dark red and slightly more reddish- orange. The leaf and habit is as a tall shrub with slightly pendulous branches and is…

…negeriana – almost orange flowers and superb. Berberis negeriana Berberis negeriana Azalea ‘Crocea Tricolor’ (a Ghent hybrid). Slow growing and small bushes. No idea why these have been allowed to…

…judging. Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ Syringa vulgaris ‘Sensation’ Azalea ‘Gena Mae’ is a gorgeous orange double flowered variety with a yellow flare. About eight years from planting out. Bought from Glendoick….

…its gorgeous 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….