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Coral-orange flowers of this Bishop's Hat hybrid line the Stream Garden
Coral-orange flowers of this Bishop's Hat hybrid line the Stream Garden
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Osage Orange

The autumn winds have brought down the lurid, neon-green, curiously wrinkled fruits of the Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera, known amongst the staff as 'pickled gardners' brains'. The fist-sized fruits are lying in a rather disconcerting pool at the base of the tree!
The fleshy, runnelled surface of an Osage orange fruitThe fleshy, runnelled surface of an Osage orange fruit
Interestingly there were no fruit at all last year in 2011, but a small crop this year.
Windfalls of the Osage orange, Maclura pomiferaWindfalls of the Osage orange, Maclura pomifera
Osage Orange
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera

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