Who Said Pink and Orange Didn’t Go?

Pink and Orange Do Go - the Extraordinary Fruit of the Spindle Tree
Pink and Orange Do Go – the Extraordinary Fruit of the Spindle Tree.

The colours have not been manipulated in any way: they are just as they appeared on a sunny crisp November day.

Clusters of Spindle fruits
Clusters of Spindle fruits

The Spindle tree was once used to make spindles for spinning thread (you can see the long straight twigs, which were ideal for the job). The bizarre fruits dehisce into four, revealing the four bright orange seeds.