…champaca is yellow or orange. The jury is still out on this one awaiting Tom Hudson’s visit next week. Michelia floribunda Michelia floribunda attractive trunk The largest Michelia doltsopa of…

…M doltsopa. This he attributes to the velvety orange or purple indumentum on the undersides of the leaves which are quite pronounced on the leaves of this tree. This is…

…the bluebells. It does not seem long since the seed pods were visible here outside the front arch with their prominent orange seeds. Arum italicum 1993 – FJW Very warm…

…of seeds emerging from each seed head. The seeds are a dull orange in colour and very tightly packed; quite different to the colour of ripe Magnolia campbellii or Magnolia…

…flowers showing colour and tons of buds still covered with their attractive orange furry casing. Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Michelia ‘Fairy White’ Plenty of buds all over Rhododendron…

…orange indumentum on the many buds? Rhododendron arizelum A fine evergreen oak labelled Quercus CMBS 900 looks very like the newer introductions of Quercus oxyodon from Tom Hudson and Nigel…

…original Chaenomeles x superba ‘Rowallane’ is a vivid scarlet or is it orange/ red? A chance seedling originally found at Rowallane. We saw the Hypericum ‘Rowallane’ nearby but it was…

…the glasshouse with orange indumentum on the new growth. May be hardy enough for outside. Magnolia dandyi Magnolia dandyi Magnolia dandyi Clematis tubulosa (I think). Clematis tubulosa Clematis tubulosa Magnolia…

…meals outside on shooting days. We have gone from Tier 1 to Tier 3 in a week. 2019 – CHW Michelia doltsopa well budded up with striking orange-brown indumentum on…

…only Crataegus species in the young new collection still to be holding its (dullish orange) fruits which glisten here in the sun. Attractive and well worth growing even if I…

…green to orange. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus reducta (top grafted) has a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing…

…think not because the bark on the stem has not got an orange hue and the Chinese reference book makes no mention of brown bud coverings in C. crapnelliana. I…

…Clare’ This Rhododendron calophytum has drooping leaves and looks sick. Perhaps just anticipating a cold snap or perhaps it has honey fungus? Rhododendron calophytum Wonderful orange-red indumentum on the buds…

…Tin Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ This evergreen tree in the Rireii Opening is plastered in orange berries. I am not sure what it is but it does have…

…on a young Pittosporum adaphniphylloides. Yellower than the ones in the Burncoose show tunnel which I photographed earlier in the autumn. These had an orange tinge. Pittosporum adaphniphylloides Swelling buds…

…Carpinus rankinensis Still some leaf on Salix moupinense (but Salix fargesii nearby has none). Beautiful orange-yellow berries on a Sorbus for which we have lost the label. Any ideas please?…

…aff. myriocarpa Schefflera aff. myriocarpa Schefflera macrophylla is starting to put out a huge new growth shoot coated in orange-brown indumentum. Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera alpina has seeds like…

…darken. At present they are orange and not ‘crimson’ as the one in Roy Lancaster’s garden is described. Photinia prionophylla Photinia prionophylla 2020 – CHW I surprised a group of…

…or so from Christmas. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ A very late flowering Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’. Interesting stem and attractive orange-yellow flowers in mid-December! Hedychium coccineum ‘Was To Ziya’ Hedychium…

…Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ with lots of secondary flowers. Magnolia acuminata ‘Seiju’ Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ with white fruits but no sign of the orange seeds as yet. Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Popcorn’ The…