Through the gates on a bright, chill afternoon a couple of days ago and herewith a tour of the Princess of Wales Conservatory and Davies Alpine House by way of the Rock Garden and Woodland beneath the Temple of Aeolus. First stop, the Princess of Wales Conservatory and the Arid/Desert environments – There was a peacock in there too – And with preparations underway for the 22nd Annual Orchid Festival, a sneak preview of the extravaganza to come…. Orchidology once […]

Categories: Alpine, Architectural Plants, Dry Garden, Fragrant plants, Hellebore, Indoor gardening, Open to the public, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Snowdrops (Galanthus), Tropical, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: Aechmae blanchetiana, Aloe africanus, alpines, Anchomanes difformis, Androcymbium gramineum, arid, Botanic Gardens, Chimonanthus praecox Grandiflorus, Corydalis popovii, Davies Alpine House, Desert, Drynaria rigidula Whitei, Echeveria agavoides Red Edge, Echinopsis atacamensis, Echium descainei, Espostoa guenineri, Euphorbia fortissima, Ferocactus histrix, Ferocactus pilosus, fragrant plants, Galanthus John Gray, Galanthus plicatus Florence Baker, Galapagos, Glasshouse, Hamamelis x intermedia Pallida, Hechtia argentea, Helleborus thibetanus, Kew, Kew Gardens, Mammillaria geminispina, Medinilla aff intermedia, moth orchid, Myrtillocactus geometrizans, Nerine flexuosa, Northoscordium dialystemon, Opuntia echios var barringtononii, Opuntia microdasys Albata, Orchid Festival, Parodia magnifica, Pavonia bahamensis, Phalaenopsis, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Scilla madeirensis, Sempervivum calcareum, Sempervivum tectorum var guillemotii, snowdrops, Tephrocactus weberi, Tropical, Tropics, Winter garden, woodland, x Cleistopsis