Simply Beautiful – 11 – Orange Leaves

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

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.

About greenbenchramblings

A retired primary school head teacher, I now spend much of my time gardening in our quarter acre plot in rural Shropshire south of Shrewsbury. I share my garden with Jude my wife a newly retired teacher , eight assorted chickens and a plethora of wildlife. Jude does all the heavy work as I have a damaged spine and right leg. We also garden on an allotment nearby. We are interested in all things related to gardens, green issues and wildlife.
This entry was posted in colours, garden photography, gardening, light, light quality, ornamental trees and shrubs, spring gardening, trees and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

2 Responses to Simply Beautiful – 11 – Orange Leaves

  1. graham mollart says:
    May 3, 2017 at 08:56

    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.

  2. Pingback: Orange leaves… | Old School Garden

Comments are closed.