A reblog of a Spring post from the Woodland Garden at Kew – the end of March 2015. Adding some colour to the long lists I’ve just posted on the art of gardening in shade …
Leucojum aestevum against blue Scilla
Leucojum aestuvum in great drifts in the borders surrounding the Temple of Aeolus, the very cultivated woodland area at Kew Gardens. Hints of the expansive carpets of Scilla in the background.
Summer snowflake – Leucojum aestevum
Great drifts of vigorous Scilla
Scilla colonising these banks
Scilla in detail
Iris lazica
Iris lazica
Pulmonaria rubra
Stachyurus praecox var matzuzakii with great pendant curtains of flower
Stachyurus praecox
Drifts of scilla continue
Magnolia stellata and the Temple of Aeolus on the mount
Renovation work on the grass edging
Crown Imperial Fritillaries
Scilla and daffodils in the dappled shade of the woodland
Blue and white Scilla
Arum creticum
Arum creticum
More blue and the rarer, white scilla
Highly scented Crown Imperials
Loving the dappled shade, these Fritillaria imperialis
Cornus mas
Cornus mas with matching lichen
Hercules and Aechelus in the lake
Plaque for the lake fountain sculpture and…
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