Stachyurus chinensis, a beautiful golden rain next to the House at RHS Wisley, looking across to the Lily Pond, past the King and Queen..
An exceptional specimen this, spicily fragrant and with larger flowers than the common-or-garden variety – there is one Ordinary specimen next to the Stachyurus pictured above that is going over now, while this one, in a shadier spot in the centre of the Bowles Corner garden, is much fresher altogether.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/wisley-blogs/wisley/July-2014/rediscovering-bowles-corner
Working my way now back along the upper path above the meadow towards the Rock Garden…
A little collection of Corydalis now in the shade of one of the larger trees, though with no labels to tell me which they might be..
Curious flowers, these and I have never been sure that I actually like them – seeing them in this mix, little pockets of colour among other spring bulbs, I think I might…
A cherry that is both weeping and ascending…?
The largest of these Fuji Cherries I’ve come across, or noticed at least, before. Actually there are two plants here side by side, but think on when you find a diminutive little specimen in the nursery for mighty and beautiful it will be!
From here, skipping past the Alpine House about which I have already written, we find ourselves at the bottom of Battleston Hill – the map gives you an idea of the swirling pattern of paths here, though not of the changes in height, with miniature peaks and valleys even within the overall hillside topography.
I think this, complete, refers to Corylopsis sinensis Spring Purple, with the red rhododendron in the background.
The Trial Fields
Trilliums (above)
Erythroniums (above)
Walking backwards through the original Rose Garden and the adjacent Cottage Garden
… past the crocus which colour the lawns by the house –
and the Double Herbaceous Borders (all quiet here) and into the Plant Centre…
Fritillaria meleagris (above) and Fritillaria Imperialis (below)
Beds of Pieris (above)
and a few varieties of Rosemary for sale…
and a few forsythias on offer …
Euphorbia characias wulfenii
Uncle Toms Rose Tonic and a bottle of SB Plant Invigorator later….
Well I don’t think I’ve missed anything out from my visit – having already looked at the Magnolias and Alpine House – though great swathes of the gardens were missed (on account of the crowds taking part in the Easter Bunny Hunt). This does leave me with much to explore after the Easter School Holidays are over when, midweek, I might have more of the landscape to myself.
As it was, Battleston Hill was very quiet and this was where the magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons, cherry and corylopsis, hellebores and woodland bulbs were all to be found!
Magical.
The Teddington Gardener 
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A revisit to RHS Wisley in March 2015, to compliment my recent workshop on shade gardening – and there is certainly no lack of colour to be had in these woodland places ….