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…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…
…in Nepal. Its flowering in Edinburgh in 1852 in a nursery garden at Comely Bank caused a minor sensation and was reported to the Botanical Magazine by John Hutton Balfour…
…do. The Nursery holds a collection of new plants from our own expeditions and those of other botanic gardens; wild origin material from Index Seminum (the name for botanic garden…
…neutral or very slightly acid. Here at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh we deadhead our ornamental roses throughout the summer months. Firstly to encourage repeat-flowering – this prevents your rose…
A series of posts from our volunteers … Brenda White – A Photography Volunteer Brenda White in action Long ago, when the world was simple, and taking photos involved no…
The five Dicksonia antarctica and their bright new fronds at Logan Botanic Garden (Photo: Suzie Huggins) You can read more about the journey of the tree ferns in the BBC…
Redwwod avenue at Benmore Botanic Garden This year is the 150th birthday of the magnificent avenue of redwoods at Benmore. The story behind how this species reached Britain involves a…
The Hydro power scheme at Dawyck Botanic Garden was officially launched on the 19th May 2014 by Fergus Ewing MSP, The Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism. It made Dawyck…
…the common name “blackthorn.” A specimen of Prunus spinosa L. in flower in the living collection at Dawyck Botanic Garden by: Gavin Harris during Apr. 2014 – http://data.rbge.org.uk/living/19800700 In…
The following post was written by Chris Knowles, a digitiser working in the RBGE Herbarium. As part of my first year at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh as a herbarium…
…botanic garden. The hut is tiled with Western Red Cedar, and panelled with wood representing the timbers of Benmore. It was originally situated in Puck’s Glen, overlooking a wooded ravine…
…him via Italy, so the link with India is probably very indirect. The Dutch were among the pioneers of Indian botanical exploration and plants were sent back to the botanic…
…believe in miracles, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Juergen Teller, ‘Cerith, Suffolk’, 2011 (Courtesy Studio Juergen Teller); Dan Colen, ‘Blowin in the wind’, 2013 (Courtesy of the artist, Gagosian…
…was awarded to Professor Jin Chen, former Director of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and founding chair of the Chinese Union of Botanic Gardens. RBGE Regius Keeper, Simon Milne, was…
The Scottish Rare Plant Programme is a collaborative project between the Science and Horticulture divisions here at RBGE. Our aim is to identify the ways that we as a botanic…
…Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, which was founded in 1786 as the Calcutta Botanic Garden. The tree began life around 1775 as a seedling in the crown of…
…also often quite difficult to access because of their steep inhospitable terrain so they are often poorly explored botanically. Virtually no botanical collections have been made in the area we…
…Botanic Garden Edinburgh). The plant is now considered to be very widespread, also occurring in South and South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands. Photograph of this accession of Leea guineensis…
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…
…alphabetically, referring to the living collection database to help make decisions on propagation and reduction of numbers. A small holding collection of surplus plants, which were shared with Glasgow Botanic…