Life... Eventually!

I am afraid to say that this year I have had a few deaths in my garden - a well established pine, a newly collected Taxus (the best I have collected so far) and a newly collected hawthorn. I was surprised to see that two of the hawthorns I collected this year failed to come back in the Spring as I had never lost one before... then two days ago, I noticed some buds finally popping on one of them.

I am pleased not to have lost this one, as I am quite fond of its unconventional shape - somewhat reminiscent of a Chinese dragon.