As promised and hinted at throughout the week, here are some of my photos from my impromptu trip to RHS Wisley last Saturday. First off, a huge Grevillea with Hubster for scale:
Normally I loathe anything that could be described as "municipal", but I'll make an exception in this case because it's been done almost entirely with succulents:
Magnolia grandiflora in full bloom. They're coming into stock in the garden centres now, and I think I'm going to be buying myself one before the end of September:
I hid under a Gunnera manicata, for no other reason than the fact I could:
I could not find any label for this very unusual fern, but it looks delightful:
There is no way any of my Colocasia esculenta leaves are going to get this size:
And another very pretty little fern in the alpine house, Cheilanthes standleyi:
Tropical borders are everywhere now - I wonder if Wisley set the trend for this season:
And I suppose it wouldn't be a trip to Wisley without a photo of the amazing glasshouse, from across the lake:
Sadly, as has been pointed out in this month's "The Garden" magazine, Wisley is in danger of accommodating children so much that it becomes a posh park rather than a horticultural garden. I like the policy that Chelsea Physic Garden has. So many of its plants are highly toxic that children have to be very closely supervised, and as a result, they learn more going round the garden with their parents than they otherwise would.
Normally I loathe anything that could be described as "municipal", but I'll make an exception in this case because it's been done almost entirely with succulents:
Magnolia grandiflora in full bloom. They're coming into stock in the garden centres now, and I think I'm going to be buying myself one before the end of September:
I hid under a Gunnera manicata, for no other reason than the fact I could:
I could not find any label for this very unusual fern, but it looks delightful:
There is no way any of my Colocasia esculenta leaves are going to get this size:
And another very pretty little fern in the alpine house, Cheilanthes standleyi:
Tropical borders are everywhere now - I wonder if Wisley set the trend for this season:
And I suppose it wouldn't be a trip to Wisley without a photo of the amazing glasshouse, from across the lake:
Sadly, as has been pointed out in this month's "The Garden" magazine, Wisley is in danger of accommodating children so much that it becomes a posh park rather than a horticultural garden. I like the policy that Chelsea Physic Garden has. So many of its plants are highly toxic that children have to be very closely supervised, and as a result, they learn more going round the garden with their parents than they otherwise would.
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