One plant that is looking really beautiful in the garden at the moment is Exochorda × macrantha ‘The Bride’.

Exochorda × macrantha 'The Bride'

The beautiful pure white flowers cascade in abundance and light up a corner  of the pond garden.  The pond garden is supposed to be a flower free zone to ensure that it has a cool, relaxed atmosphere, but I can’t resist flowers sometimes.  In this case, the plant, despite its flowers, fulfils its brief perfectly.

Exochorda × macrantha 'The Bride'

The shrub was planted about three years ago, but for its first two years had to compete for water with the leylandii hedge on the other side of the fence.  Last year, the competition was removed and this year we have been rewarded with this fountain of flower – pretty suitable for a pond garden!