A horticultural hotch-potch from RHS Wisley, ending the first visit this week to these extraordinary gardens (I returned the following day for another 6 hour marathon….)

The King and Queen (Henry Moore) looking down the Lily Pond, with a carpet of Agapanthus Castle of Mey at their feet

Berberis thunbergii f atropurpurea Admiration

Digitalis Illumination Flame

Digitalis Illumination Flame

Coreopsis Mango Tango

Euphorbia myrsinites

Passiflora Justine Lyons

Buddleja glomerata Silver Service

Buddleja glomerata Silver Service

Stokesia Klaus Jelitto

Phlox Peacock Lilac

Heuchera Cherry Cola

Heuchera Citronelle

Echinacea Tomato Soup

Gaura Gaudi Red

Gaura Gaudi Pink

Gaura Gaudi Rainbow

Delphinium Guardian Lavender

Dahlia Bishop of York

Dahlia Mystic Illusion

Dahlia Eye Candy

Dahlia David Howard

Dahlia Bishop of Canterbury

Dahlia Rip City

Echinacea Mooodz Joy

Echinacea Mooodz Shiny Yellow

Osteospermum Helen Dimond

Scabious Fama Deep Blue

Scabious Fama Deep Blue

Gaura Belleza

Astrantia Roma

Dahlia Fascination

Dahlia Rip City

Buddleja Gonglepod

Buddleja Blue Horizon

Buddleja Purple Chip

Buddleja with Red Admiral

Berberis thunbergii Fireball

Abelia grandiflora Kaleidoscope

Hydrangea Black Steel

Hydrangea macrophylla Ami Pasquier

Rubus phoenecolasius

Hydrangea paniculata Phantom

Echinacea purpurea Fatal Attraction

Geranium Rozanne

Dahlia Roxy

And so ends my first visit to RHS Wisley in almost three months but I think I made a good job of photographing it to death! Plenty more to explore and I returned the following day (Friday) to take in Battleston Hill (Hydrangeas in particular), the Trial Fields (Large, late-flowering Clematis, Agapanthus, Sunflowers) and a return to the Glasshouse – the Fuchsia display had been cordoned off for rearrangement and cleaning up the plants, so I didn’t get a proper look on Day One – returning the following day meant I could look 360º around the benches, so I’ll leave this catalogue for later consideration.

Most of the images in the gallery above were taken in the Plant Centre, with my gad-fly eye, though I would draw particular attention to the ghostly foliage of the Buddleja glomerata Silver Service which was huddled against the wall of the House within the gardens and I admit I had never noticed it before. Quite striking and I must enquire further as to its properties, flowering habit and particular specifications –