- Exochorda x macrantha on the north side of the pond. Spikes of white flowers
Rhododendron williamsiana
- Sophora microphylla A New Zealand legume, towering out of the sunken courtyard North of the Temperate house
- Malus x gloriosa ‘Oekonomierat Echtermeyer’; A 1938 introduction at the palm house entrance. Red buds turn deep pink on opening and fade to light pink
- Berberis darwinii startling orange flowers. Native to Chile and Argentina, Opposite the fern house exit
- Poncirus trifoliate China, Korea. Covered in white flowers, purple filaments as the petals fade. A dense spiny shrub
- Pieris formosa, David Chamberlain’s introduction from China in 1975. Full of ivory white, heavily scented flowers and the coloured new growth high in the plant. Also on the Chinese hillside a Ludlow, Sherriff and Elliot collection from 1947
- In the rock garden, in contrast to these large vigorous plants is the compact Pieris japonica ‘Yakushimanum’
- The small leaved Rhododendron at the rock garden are impressive, note Rhododendron impeditum 1933 introduction by Rock, dark purple flowers fade lighter
- Rhododendron williamsianum large pink bell shaped flowers cover these plants, S.W.China and C. Sichuan
- On the Chinese hillside extension, Rhododendron rigidum, white flower unusual scent, like toilet cleaner
- Peat walls, Erythronium revolutum and the more delicate Dodecatheon pulchellum, a Ron McBeath collection from 1992, both native to W.N.America
- Magnolia stellata continues to flower
- Prunus avium ‘Plena’ superbly sculpted trunk on this tree
- Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ ground beneath covered by Allium oleraceum, “Field Garlic”
- Tulipa species in the Alpine house T. maximowiczii, dwarf species, delicate red. T. linifolia yellow flowers, glaucous leaves. Also a collection of Fritillaria species
- The American Lewisia species are in bud and bloom, delicate to gaudy