Acer palmatum 'Katsura'
Japanese maple
When they first appear in spring, the lobed leaves are a bright orange, but they quickly turn to an orange-flushed yellow with...
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Honey and mustard autumn foliage
Come autumn the flowers may be fading away, eclipsed by shorter and cooler days, but there’s still plenty of foliage whether on the ground, or held aloft against a sinking sun. Touches of lipstick-red, sombre-burgundy, orange-peel and mustard-seed glow in
Read full articleTrees, the showmen of the winter garden
Trees are the winter showmen of the garden, coming into their own just as the days are getting shorter and the light levels are falling. By November many will have dropped their leaves to reveal a fine winter tracery above a textured trunk, providing a sc
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