Exochorda macrantha The Bride
The double herbaceous borders – slumbering
Cynara cardunculus
Hamamelis Orange Peel
Across the Rose Garden
Hamamelis Orange Peel
H. Orange Peel
H. Orange Peel
H. Orange Peel
Hellebores
Daphne bholua Peter Smithers
Camellia japonica Twilight
Acer griseum
Prunus himalaica
Hamamelis Wisley Supreme
Wisley Supreme
Wisley Supreme
Rhododedrum Nobleanum Venustum
Rhododendrum Nobleanum Venustum
Rhododedron Nobleanum Venustum
Hamamelis x intermedia Harry
Harry
Daphne blolua Limpsfield
Camellia pittardii var yunnanica
Camellia pittardii var yunnanica
Daphne mezereum f alba Bowles Variety
Harry
Rhododedrom dauricum Hokkaido
Daphne bholua Peter Smithers
Peter Smithers
Peter Smithers
Peter Smithers
Camellia x williamsii Golden Spangles
Camellia Golden Spangles
Lonicera standishii
Daphne bholua Alba
Daphne bholia Alba
Chimonathus praecox
Chimonathus praecox
Chimonathus praecox
Chimonathus praecox
Pinus montezumae Sheffield Park
Pinus montezumae Sheffield Park
Hamamelis x intermedia Pallida
H. Pallida
H. Pallida
Camellia x williamsii JC Williams
Camellia JC Williams
Camellia JC Williams
Camellia Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Rhododendron yakushimanum x griersonianum
Camellia leaf
Hellebore
Woodland path on Battleston Hill
Camellia japonica Josephine Hearne
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Show Girl
Betula jacquemontii var utilis
unnamed rose hips
Giant Redwood
Rhododendron Kirin
Rhododendron nobleanum album
Rhododendron nobleanum album
Leptospermum mytifolium Silver Sheen
Hamamelis x intermedia Harlow Carr
Harlow Carr
Harlow Carr
Harlow Carr
Battleston Hill
Camellia
Skimmia japonica Highgrove ….
Osmanthus heterphyllus Aureaomarginatus
Osmanthus heterophyllus Aureomarginatus
Osmanthus heterophyllus Aureomarginatus
Rhododendrum lanatum x R yakushimanum
R lanatum x R yakushimanum
Snowdrops
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Cyclamen coum
Chimonathus praecox
Hamamelis vernalis purple seedling No. 1 Brotzman
Brotzman
Hamamelis Wisley Supreme
Rhododendron dauricum mid-winter
Rhododendron dauricum Mid-Winter
Mid-Winter
Up into Battleston Hill
Looking down the double borders
A very early Pulmonaria
Pulmonaria
Corylopsis spicata
Hellebore argutifolia
Griselina
Calamagrostis x acutiflora Overdam
Koelreuteria paniculata
Up to the Fruit Mount
Down the Piet Oudolf Borders to the Glasshouse
Willow
The Apple Orchards
Malus x robusta Red Siberian
Apple Orchards
Pyrus pashia
Pyrus pashia
Pyrus pashia
Pyrus pashia
Pyrus pashia
The Glasshouse Borders
The Piet Oudolf Borders
Stately decay …
Telekia speciosa
Camellia Gloire de Nantes
Hydrangea quercifolia Flemigea
Viburnum x bodnantense Charles Lamont
Hamamalis mollis Coombe Wood
Coombe Wood
Coombe Wood
Hamamelis Orange Peel
Orange Peel
Orange Peel
Orange Peel
Orange Peel
Camellia Cornish Snow
Camellia Cornish Snow
Camellia japonica Noblissima
Noblissima
Noblissima
Noblissima
Hamamelis Hiltingbury
Hamamelis Seedling 982
Camellia JC WIlliams
Euonymus grandiflorus
Hamamelis x intermedia Jelena
Jelena
Jelena
Wisley Supreme
Wisley Supreme
Taiwania cryptomyroides
Lonicera standishii Budapest
… Bear and salmon
Primula palinura
Primula palinura
The Lily Pond
The King and Queen (Henry Moore)

I had the time to visit the gardens at RHS Wisley on Wednesday this week, the sunniest of days and quiet too (everybody else was at the work, or the supermarket, or on the M25… )

The colour and fragrance on offer was unexpectedly generous, with Camellias and Rhododendrons, Witch Hazel, Chimonathus and Edgworthia, Hellebores and Snowdrops, Crab Apples and wild Pears, Winter Honeysuckle, decorative bark and even the decaying seed- and flower heads placed just so as to catch the low afternoon sun …  and much much more –

If the weather is against you, or culinary exertions have exhausted you – or culinary extravagances have undone you – please accept my best wishes for this festive season and take a stroll with me through this gallery of photographs, a pictorial guide to the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley, through Battleston Hill, passing the orchards and Glasshouse borders and down through 7-acre wood.

 

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