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A young plant in the south area of the Rock Garden is the Chilean lantern tree, Crinodendron hookerianum, so called by the shape and orientation of the flowers….
Campanula thyrsoides is a monocarpic species that is well worth cultivating for the flower dome that is clothed in individual creamy white flowers. From a distance the spike…
A visit to the Demonstration Garden will reveal a mass of strawberry flowers. Fragaria ‘Pink Panda’ is a carpet of pink bloom. This vigorous herbaceous member of Rosaceae…
Callistemon citrinus ‘Splendens’: Wonderfully showy bottle brush growing in the border to the south of the front range. Multiple red filaments encircle the base of the current season’s…
Echinacea tennesseensis to the N.E. of the yurt. Hairy stems hold a spidery flower head of washed out pink petals, to 1m. N.America Mahonia eutriphylla, Mexico. Terminal clusters…
Iris setosa: Planted in the border to the west of the pond. Perfect buds open deep velvet purple, fades to a lighter shade with a narrow band of…
Asteranthera ovata: This member of Gesneriaceae is one of the few hardy species. It grows most sucessfully when in constant humid moisture. Seen in the rock garden, clinging…
Worth looking for is Weigela coraeensis var. fragrans. Collected by Kurashige in Korea, 1994. Growing in the west border to the north of the Arbutus menziesii beneath the…
Primula bulleyana: a bright spectrum of colours yellow – orange – red, on the bottom edge of the Chinese hillside. Behind these is P. poissonii, the long elegant…
Geranium pilostemum: collected by Balls in 1933, E. Turkey, N.Iran, Caucasus. Forms a robust clump to 1.5, mauve flowers Picea purpurea: pendulous purple cones. Himalayas and W.China Abies…
Berchamia polyphylla var. leioclada: Growing against the west facing wall that runs down the back lane by the research corridor. Leaves very attractive, mid green, prominent veining on…
A selection of Rhododendron from the sub section Ponticum: Rhododendron catawbiense: a mass of plants growing in the copse covered in purple flowers. Inside on the top petal…