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Q… K for Kew – an hour through the woodland, family beds and rock garden…

Categories Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, Dry Garden, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, late summer border, Open to the public, Plants for a shady garden?, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Woodland Garden1 Comment on Q… K for Kew – an hour through the woodland, family beds and rock garden…

Aconitum Bicolor (below)   From here, we leave the Family Beds borders and step into the Rock Garden (bypassing the superb Salvia Borders are there is still a long way to go before they look at their best - October at least) First, this extravagant show of seedheads which at first I took for Pulsatilla...…

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Kew Gardens – some other stuff that isn’t a Prunus… Cornus nuttallii, Cercis siliquastrum, Viburnum carlesii @kewgardens #springwatching

Categories Architectural Plants, Fragrant plants, General comment, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden1 Comment on Kew Gardens – some other stuff that isn’t a Prunus… Cornus nuttallii, Cercis siliquastrum, Viburnum carlesii @kewgardens #springwatching

Cornus x nuttallii x florida It was cherry-heaven all the way this morning, especially as I hadn't planned on calling in and my time was short, and the cherries were the thing. Though I rather begrudged the fact that it was cloudy and grey - I'd hoped to call in on Thursday at the tail…

Continue reading ➞ Kew Gardens – some other stuff that isn’t a Prunus… Cornus nuttallii, Cercis siliquastrum, Viburnum carlesii @kewgardens #springwatching