Orchids

Orchids all the way at Kew Gardens – the Princess of Wales Conservatory prepares to put on a show (plus a trip into the desert)

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The Princess of Wales Conservatory, never a dull destination within the expanse of Kew Gardens, is preparing for their annual Orchid Festival - it begins on the 7th February and runs through to the 8th March. http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids From past experience, it is going to be an intensely colourful and beautiful extravaganza and with temperatures outside…

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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – November 2014 – Madeira, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley, Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park), Petersham Nurseries, Salvias, Ginkgos and prepartions for Christmas. Tropical Island Gardens while Autumn makes an appearance at home.

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Christmas, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, David Austin roses, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, House plants, Indoor gardening, late summer border, Open to the public, Orchids, Petersham Nurseries, plants for roses, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical1 Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – November 2014 – Madeira, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley, Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park), Petersham Nurseries, Salvias, Ginkgos and prepartions for Christmas. Tropical Island Gardens while Autumn makes an appearance at home.

Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – February 2014 – Kew and Wisley, Syon and Petersham Nurseries. Spring approaches.

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Camellias, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Grasses, Hellebore, Indoor gardening, Open to the public, Orchids, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – February 2014 – Kew and Wisley, Syon and Petersham Nurseries. Spring approaches.

Primulas providing some welcome colour Birch bark at Kew Crocus at Kew and snowdrops - Ulmus villosa, also at kew The new fruit and vegetable area at Syon Park Garden Centre - my last month there before moving across the river to Petersham Nurseries in March The Orchid Festival at Kew The Rockery and Alpine…

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Orchids at Kew – last call….

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The Orchid Festival at Kew ends this Sunday - 9th March - and if you can get there, it comes highly recommended. And it is at least 21 degrees centigrade in there, with a tropical soundtrack to boot. Gorgeous. http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids/

Orchids at Kew … take three

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Orchids at Kew, in the Princess of Wales Conservatory. On until 9th March 2014 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids/ I should be on commission!

Winter Sunshine, Hellebores, Iris Katharine Hodgkin, Cymbidiums and farewell to Syon….

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Hellebore x ericsmithii Winter Sunshine is a bushy, clump forming hellebore, flowering for a long period in early spring. Creamy white flowers age with green tints through to a mellow pink, and all the colours seem to blend very well together, nothing muddy about the transitions either. Lots of flowers, though again, spaced enough apart…

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Orchids at Kew – just a little repeat….

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So good, he posted it twice... a re-run of some of the photographs I took at the Orchid exhibition at Kew just after it opened last week. Such a sumptuous display - for all of the senses - if you can make plans to visit, don't miss out. Closes 9th March 2014