Perfectly simple white blooms with a sweet spicy fragrance, Michelia doltsopa.
Often overlooked due it to its association with scrappy car park verges, the genus Skimmia contains many delights with a long season of interest and a delicious fragrance in spring reminiscent of their Citrus relatives.
Cyclamen repandum spreading along the path.
A firery awakening to the leaves of this Podocarpus.
A promise of what is to come later in the season, fresh and fiery Chasmanthe aethiopica.