This spectacular variety of bamboo is an improved form of the ‘Golden Fishpole bamboo’ from China. It produces the largest, fastest-growing culms of all the bamboos growing in the Himalayan Garden.

This splendid species of terrestrial orchid is one of a number that have been planted in the Himalayan Garden over the past two decades.

This beautiful, high altitude daphne is known as the Nepalese Paper plant and is one of the earliest flowering shrubs in the Himalayan Garden.

Known as the Dawn Redwood or the Chinese Water Fir, this fast-growing, deciduous conifer is one of a kind in the plant world and has a remarkable history.

This magnificent species of primula is sometimes known as the ‘Giant Himalayan cowslip’ and is the largest primula in the world.

Being taller and with slightly larger leaves, this variety of ‘Chinese dogwood’ is a geographical form of the Japanese species.

A popular garden name for blue-flowered varieties is the ‘Himalayan Blue Poppy’, although many are indigenous to China.

One of the most graceful of all conifers, the Himalayan Pine is a long-needled species native to the Himalaya, where it is also known as the Blue Pine.

When viewed from a distance, this unusual tree gives the appearance of white handkerchiefs hanging down, hence being know as the ‘pocket handkerchief’.

This beautiful, blue-flowered rhododendron has been repeatedly planted at Harewood since the 1930s and is a joy to see in spring.