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Just south of our coffee corner there is a small sheltered garden that we started in 2005. This garden bakes in the sun from 11.00 'o clock onwards in the summer.

The general idea of this garden is to provide a surprising splash of colour at the end of your tour round the gardens. The colours of the flowers here, various Hemerocallis, Rudbeckia fulgida, Dahlia "Bishop's Children" and Echinacea "Sundown" are all bright red, orange and yellow, representing the flames, while the black leaves of Ophiopogon planescens "Nigrescens" represent the smoldering embers and Foeniculum vulgare purpurea represents the smoke. The white stones around the fountain are the ice blocks.

Hemerocallis "Flaming sunset"	Hemerocallis "Stafford
Hemerocallis "Golden Riches"	Echinacea "Sundown"
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Dahlia "Bishop's children"	Rudbeckia fulgida

Ophiopogon planscapus "Nigrescens" with red botanical tulips

In addition there are a number of unusual plants here such as:

• Albizi julibrissin, a tree which I have grown from seed brought back from China, with a bird of paradise like flower in the summer.

• Viburnum odoratissinumfrom southern Asia has shining leaves and a beautifully scented flower in late summer. This is a shrub which is usually only seen in very mild climates.
• Mahonia napaulensis "Maharaja"is a special subtropical Mahonia,
• Butia eriospatha (Z. Brazil) is a palm tree which we hope is sufficiently hardy for Dutch winters.

Albizia julibrissin

Magnolia grandiflora, Sinocalycanthus sinensis, Drimys lanceolata and various Yucca. Passiflora caeruleum is climbing wildly over the pergola and Campsis grandiflora and Campsis radicans "Flava" have taken over the storage shreds

Sinocalycanthus sinensis

Sinocalycanthus sinensis seedpod (November 2008)	Sinocalycanthus sinensis seeds (Nov. 2008)
Campsis grandiflora	Campsis radicans "Flava"