Spring is the time for brightly coloured unfurling leaves on trees and shrubs. Most are green – sparkling fresh green – but occasionally the colours of new leaves makes the gardener stop in his tracks and take a second look to see if the leaves really are the colour he thinks h has just seen.
Take these leaves unfurling from little sticky buds of an unusual Aesculus. Simply beautiful!
This little tree is called Aesculus x neglecta “Erythroblastos”, a big ugly name for a little attractive tree.
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What a beautiful year it has been for buds. Unfortunately in Surrey some were hit by frosts last week and apparently a huge percentage of the counties crops were hit.
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