Never disappointing, the Alpine House at RHS Wisley. Particularly colourful in these early months as you can see. Rhubarb-pinks, bright yellows, true blues, glaucous greens, cochineal reds, zebra-striped purples and arctic whites – and packing a punch for such diminutive little stars. And this only January 14th (they were photographed on my visit yesterday morning). Sunk into the sand of the two raised beds, they are regularly changed as new specimens come to their best and so the display is […]

Categories: Alpine, Auricula, Bulbs, colour, Dry Garden, General comment, Open to the public, RHS WIsley • Tags: Alpine, Alpine Garden Society Shows 2017, Alpine House, Armeria pseudoarmeria Ballerina White, Boophone, Bulbinella latifolia subsp latifolia, colour, Crocus laevigatus, Daubenya, Daubenya aurea, Daubenya aurea var coccinea, Daubenya aurea yellow-flowered, Lachenalia bulbifera, Lachenalia reflexa, Lachenalia Romaud, Moraeapolystachya, Narcissus bulbocodium Moulay Brahim, Narcissus bulbocodium subsp praecox var paucinervis, Narcissus Miss Muffit, Narcissus romieuxii, Narcissus tazetta Aleppo, Oxalis versicolor, Primula auricula Blue Yodeler, RHS Wisley, Tecophilaea cyanocrocus, Tecophilia cyanocrocus Violacea, Winter garden