…three years and distinctive leaves with furry undersides but only three flowers of which one is out but a pheasant has pecked off some of the buds. Orange centres to…

…in profusion but they have yet to turn orange and red. One to look out for if the pheasants leave them alone. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Stewartia rostrata…

…show how you can assist nature and improve the visual impact for one of the website topical tips videos. Betula albosinensis Betula albosinensis Orange-yellow berries and yellow flowers both on…

…Bits of bark shed from a huge Prunus radiata Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ near the Aucklandii Garden. Some orange in the red flowers. Rhododendron ‘Coccineum Speciosum’ Rhododendron decorum below Tin Garden….

…‘Bungo-nishiki’ Azalea ‘Bungo-nishiki’ In the rockery are two original dwarfish and compact azaleas. I have never known the name and they are clearly Rhododendron indicum leaves. The double frilly orange…

…This is the original wild collected plant. Look at the orange hairs on the leaf petioles and new leaf shoots. Magnolia sieboldii var. sinensis Magnolia sieboldii var. sinensis 2024 –…

…big trees in their prime. Not as good as Tom Hudson’s newish Vietnamese Rehderodendron kwatungense which is a better flower. EMBOTRIUM coccineum EMBOTRIUM coccineum Embothrium coccineum – pure orange (rather…

…Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ Rhododendron ‘Emma Williams’ (yunnanense x ‘Trewithen Orange’) the colour sums up how I feel today! 1990 – FJW First sign of rain since Easter Sunday – Michaels…

…Girl’ is now full out on the lawn. A dwarfish habit and a true orange flower. Ideal for this site by the tower which it now fills. This variety is…

…as Rhododendron cubittii or Rosa roxburgii. Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis A good show on Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside the polylepsis. Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ Azalea…

…Amomyrtus luma trees look good flowering behind Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ with Nicky in the foreground paying attention. Amomyrtus luma Azalea ‘Greenway’ is about a week later into flower than…

…flowers are orange and not peach-apricot as they should be, but I think they will yet fade in colour. Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Geisha Girl’ The dwarf Rhododendron…

…a yellow tip to the orange and some not? Desfontainea spinosa Desfontainea spinosa Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ still with a flower. Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ Escallonia tucumanensis with its drooping white flowers….

…with new growth too. Aesculus wangii Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ – no comment! Magnolia ‘Purple Prince’ This Aesculus species with wonderful orange indumentum on the stems of new growth and flowers…

…with more of a red tinge to add to the orange. deciduous azalea deciduous azalea deciduous azalea We thought the Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ on the drive had had its buds…

…wet semi shade where we have lost it twice. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Meliosma oldhamii looks nothing like our much younger plant? No orange indumentum on the buds. Its bark…

…this one is true to name. It has produced much darker flowers in the past. Magnolia ‘Spectrum’ Magnolia ‘Spectrum’ Podocarpus acutifolius has a good orange-yellow glow even before the new…

…soulangeanas on the main ride looking great in the sun. Magnolia soulangeanas Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ is always very early into leaf with an initial orange hue turning yellowish. Acer palmatum…

…just coming out. This is a Caerhays cross and its sister is ‘Golden Oriole’ var Busaco which has more of an orange tinge. Rhododendron ‘Golden Oriole var Talavera’ Rhododendron ‘Golden…

…looks more true to name. Schinus latifolius Not much further on with these dull plant puzzles. Nick left the following plants with us: Coprosma ‘Autumn Orange’ Coprosma grandiflora Melicytus crassifolius…