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Now that’s what I call a lawn daisy! These is just a bedding cultivar grown from seed a couple of years ago and planted. It gets mown like any other Bellis perennis and responds in the same way - by gently spreading and flowering like mad!
Two rather different seedlings of Acer ‘White Tigress’ which suggest hybridisation somewhere along the line. Does anyone have a firm idea of what the attribution or parentage of ‘White Tigress’ is? Anyway, hoping for something pretty from this pair in due course.
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You see quite a lot of cedars about like this with stiff but downward pointing branches. Could they be C.deodara hybrids? This one’s in Birkenhead Park.
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Well this doesn’t look promising. Echium pininana still covered in frost at lunch time. Feels like a repeat of last year.
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We've been fascinated by the different shapes and sizes of Muscari, or grape hyacinth, bulbs 🧄🧅 that we have been planting up into containers this month. Look out for our trial of 50(!) different Muscari in the Trials Garden @RHSWisley flowering in spring🏆🪻 #muscari #bulbs
Hebe ‘Amy’ in a car park flowering it’s socks off in the middle of November. What a fantastic plant!
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Exciting! My copy of the new The Orchid Review yearbook arrived today. Get yours from Summerfield Books summerfieldbooks.com
Top 4 dahlias from the trial @RHSWisley, chosen by visitors to the National Dahlia Society show were...
'Feline Yvonne', 'Bettina Verbeek', 'Copper Boy' and 'Tangerine Gem'! Let us know your favorite in the poll below ⬇️ #dahlias
And other great articles on Aucuba, Bulbinella (@HitchmoughJames), Cassytha (@CymruPlantsman), Chaenomeles, Hibiscus syriacus breeding, Lobelia bridgesii, Melanoselinum, Ruscus, eponyms, apples and Banks & Solander. #ThePlantReview
In the latest Plant Review, the RHS magazine for dedicated plantspeople, plant breeder Rick Grazzini tells me about his philadelphus breeding.
Find out more about The Plant Review, and subscribe, at rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/pub…
@RHSPlantsPlus #theplantreview @g2xgraz #philadelphus
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Bog Salvia standard! Salvia uliginosa is belying it's moisture-loving disposition, performing alongside it's drought-tolerant neighbours in the Trials Garden @RHSWisley
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A tent full of dazzling dahlias! And votes for the People's Choice dahlia from the trial @RHSWisley are coming in. Which is your favourite?
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Many members of the #TOPC committee gathered for one of their annual meetings at @RHSWisley on Monday and were treated to a guided tour of the brand new #Orchid house display in the #Glasshouse, which is very impressive and also contains many fascinating #Tender plants!
Some of the dahlias on trial have been picked (difficult decisions!) today, to display at the National Dahlia Society Show @RHSWisley all this week. Visitors to the show can vote for their favourite - we're excited to see which comes out on top!
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A tent full of dazzling dahlias! And votes for the People's Choice dahlia from the trial @RHSWisley are coming in. Which is your favourite?
Ficus tikoua this week @RHSWisley, it certainly rebounded after the winter.
A sea of blues (pink + white) on the Delphinium grandiflorum bed in the Trials Garden @RHSWisley, from seed sown undercover in February. Watch out for the larger elatum delphiniums putting out some late flowers this year, more next year!
Oh so satisfying! Three hebes making a beautiful shape in the Shrubby Veronica trial @RHSHarlowCarr, three years growing without any clipping! Veronica rakaiensis 🏆
