The difference a few feet of elevation can make.  & a deal of difference in exposure.
These two images where taken a few days apart & are less than a mile from each other.  But probably two to three hundred feet difference in elevation.  The hawthorn hugs the rock for shelter from the prevailing wind, on top the Green Hill, Carn Grey.  The Hazel Just down the road near Vounder farm.
Near neighbours a world apart.  As always right click to see full size.