![Alstonia yunnanensis](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53168331174_a20664348f_b.jpg)
A new species for UK gardeners as far as I know – a possibly hardy shrubby member of the apocynaceae from southern China reminiscent of oleander but with beautiful richly tinted long oval leaves and sprays of rosy pink flowers in summer.
![Alstonia yunnanensis](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53201683608_a8699a7df9_b.jpg)
My plants survived the freezing blast of December 2023 in pots in the unheated tunnel and can apparently handle -8C.
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