Orkney Image Library

Fuchsia magellanica at Woodwick Fuchsia magellanica at Woodwick. An old specimen, showing cinnamon-brown, peeling branches. 25/7/12

Spiraea salicifolia - bridewort Spiraea salicifolia - bridewort - growing beside the burn at Woodwick, 25/7/12. The plant suckers vi...

Sycamore A fine old sycamore helps create a lovely spot at Woodwick, 25/7/12

Sycamore leaves Close-up of purple sycamore leaves. Woodwick, 25/7/12

Rosa pimpinellifolia Rosa pimpinellifolia 'Double White'. The smallish flowers have a very attractive globular form, and ...

Rosa 'Buff Beauty' Rosa 'Buff Beauty' - one of the Hybrid Musk roses bred by the Rev. Joseph Pemberton, and introduced ...

Monkey Puzzle - Araucaria araucana Monkey Puzzle - Araucaria araucana - growing at Happy Valley. It seems to do quite well in Orkney, a...

Leaves of Nothofagus dombeyi Leaves of Nothofagus dombeyi, growing at Happy Valley. The tree is native to southern Chile and Pata...

Turkey oak leaves Turkey oak leaves - Quercus cerris - from Happy Valley, 24/7/12

Double red hawthorn Double red hawthorn - probably Crataegus laevigata 'Paul's Scarlet' - growing in Kirkwall on the Hig...

Olearia semidentata This shrub is known as Olearia semidentata in horticultural circles, although the Hillier manual sug...

Rosa 'Canary Bird' Rosa 'Canary Bird'. This is the earliest rose to bloom, in mid-May in Orkney, and it then produces f...