Tag: Alexanders

Rounding up a bright, colourful and fragrant tour of Wisley (did I mention the rain?)

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Dry Garden, Magnolia, RHS WIsley, Water gardening, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on Rounding up a bright, colourful and fragrant tour of Wisley (did I mention the rain?)

A perfect stranger but just in the right place, for just enough time for me to shift around for the best angle and click! (Well, lots of clicks in a very short amount of time but I like this one the most). Framed by the flowering Cherries at the top of the Rock Garden at…

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A little early May tour around RHS Wisley – Rockery, Woodland and Rockery again…

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A tour through the Surrey gardens of RHS at Wisley, taking us from the entrance (and before we even get going we have to stop and gawk at the Clianthus Kaka King!) before skirting along above the water lily pond to see the Wisteria and Roses enjoying the warmth of a long brick wall -…

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If you go down to the woods today – Cherry Blossom, Queen Anne’s Lace and Alexanders At Kew – a little video

Categories Flowering Cherry, General comment, Ornamental trees, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Trees for smaller gardens, Wildlife gardeningLeave a Comment on If you go down to the woods today – Cherry Blossom, Queen Anne’s Lace and Alexanders At Kew – a little video

Blue skies, white clouds, generous pink and white blossom, bronze leaves, long green grass, lime Alexanders, frothy Queen Anne's Lace, sunshine and bluebells (well, one or two, here) - a walk through the last glories of the Cherry Walk at Kew Gardens yesterday afternoon. Birdsong and planes provide the soundtrack...