The bright tubular flowers that blossom from this plant are a visual treat for people ... and voluminous leaves, pagoda dogwoods provide plenty of safe spots for birds to perch and nest.

The Pagoda has endured and remains one of Kew’s most significant ... says Charles Quest-Ritson, although don’t plant them next to clashing pink-flowering currants. John Morley: A brush with the artist ...

Every storey is decorated with a great variety of statues of Buddha, bodhisattvas, warrior and celestial guardians, coiling dragons, birds, animals and all sorts of plants. The pagoda presents a ...