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61. Rhododendron macabeanum Watt ex I.B. Balfour ERICACEAE Plate by Stella Ross-Craig, from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine One of the most handsome of the large rhododendrons, which can reach a height…
Despite the cold weather colour is coming into the garden. This is Rhododendron X praecox growing by Imverleith House. RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet Accession Number:19698794 Scientific Name:Rhododendron Praecox grex…
…plants,” Díaz contends. “We are not really ourselves without them.” A global spectrum A recent assessment by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows that plants as a whole…
17. Trachycarpus latisectus Spanner, Noltie and Gibbons PALMAE The Windamere palm On an RBGE expedition in 1992 two trees of this hardy palm were spotted growing outside the Windamere Hotel,…
…have been conducted here at the Botanics, by the Edible Gardening Project team, and at Redhall Walled Garden and Hermitage Vegetable Garden. A newcomer for 2015 has been Glasgow Botanic…
…the Garden by A. McL. May in an article titled “Birds of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh” published in Journal of the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Guild 1(1): 32-33 (1914)….
27. Crinum asiaticum L. AMARYLLIDACEAE Hindi: Nagadamani, नागदामिनी This large, bulbous herb is widely cultivated in the tropics, and as a hothouse plant in temperate regions. It is native to…
45. Clematis montana De Candolle RANUNCULACEAE A widespread and very variable Sino-Himalayan species, this is one of the best-known Himalayan plants in British gardens, occurring in a variety of forms…
Herbal supplements are ‘big’ business – the global herbal supplements and remedies market is forecast to reach $107 billion USD in 2017. A recent press release by the American Botanical…
…perfect location for (L-R) botanical artists Sarah Roberts, Işik Gűner and Jacqui Pestell to paint their triptych of Sabal mexicana, which had been housed in the Tropical Palm House for…
http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00024207 © Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2020 CC BY 4.0 license. The Dreadnought, 104 Guns, until recently lying off Greenwich (repro ID pu6061). By Edward William Cooke, circa 1857 ©…
Arum maculatum – Lords and ladies – was collected for the Darwin Tree of Life project by Dr Maarten Christenhusz (Royal Botanic Garden Kew) on the 27th April 2021, on…
Reviving a stressed 50m tree feels daunting but having 49 ailing giant redwoods to revive has been one of the biggest challenges. Peter baxter, curator, benmore botanic garden Benmore Botanic…
A full view of the research and propagation glasshouses at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. (Photo: Sadie Barber) As part of my apprenticeship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, I have…
…previously explored the wildlife of our regional gardens at Logan Botanic Garden in 2014, followed by Dawyck Botanic Garden in 2015 and Benmore Botanic Garden in 2016. We began our…
…the south side of the house, plans were made to move five of the Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns to Logan Botanic Garden. Although they appear to be the type of…
…To begin addressing this knowledge gap, a collaborative project funded by US National Science Foundation between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), New York Botanic Garden (NYBG), Wildlife Conservation Society,…
…he went to the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, where he was able to study under the tutelage of W.J. Hooker, who later went on to become the director at Kew…
…the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, described collecting oblong woodsia ‘in considerable quantity’ during a botanical excursion he led in July 1856. By 1860 the fern was clearly becoming difficult to…
31. Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke ROSACEAE In its creeping habit and red fruit, this plant resembles a small strawberry, but its flowers are bright yellow and the fruits are tasteless…