garrya elliptica - a fighter

At the end of last year's horrible winter I was planning a replacement for this tree because it looked pretty dead. Instead it has fought back to give us the best display yet this year

[Kim]

Pretty!

[Armorel]

What a wonderful DOF to this image! Those flower tassels are quite unreal. Sometimes getting hard hit by cold does make plants really come out fighting :-)

[Ellen Young]

How Beautiful! What kind of tree is that if you dont mind me asking it looks so healthy and alive now...I have never seen such a Beautiful bloom on a tree...Great capture!

[MonicaE]

Beautiful, unusual botanical and great shot.

[☠northy]

how pretty!

[Matthew Ballew]

beautiful!!!

[Marisa]

This is a very pretty shot. This is a tree?

[BeckyS]

Very pretty. I've never seen anything like it

[Gita]

Wonderful shot!! Loved that tree...

[Sheli]

See, talking to plants works. They can hear us! This one didn't want to end up as someone's compost (just yet). Very pretty.

[Tracy]

Pretty...do the blossoms smell as nice as they look?

[Jan Hall]

@ellimae @marisagaler It is a Garrya, which is also called a Silk Tassle Bush. Not native to the UK but to the warm temperate regions of North America.

@tracysl No smell unfortunately, just adds a bit of interest to the garden at a boring time of year.

[Aleksandra]

A very unusual looking plant, very pretty shot!