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…as an exhibition hall for its flower shows, to be staged in the heart of the Society’s garden. From 1864 until 1964, it housed the Herbarium, the Royal Botanic Garden…
…was Wallich who sent roots from the Calcutta Botanic Garden to William Roscoe in Liverpool, which first flowered in 1829. Wallich suggested naming the plant after the Honourable Edward Gardner,…
22. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner NELUMBONACEAE Sacred lotus, Egyptian Bean; Hindi: kamal, कमल This aquatic plant is important in Buddhist, Jain and Hindu iconography. The beautiful flower (which can be white…
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…
…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…
…that the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh had been running a project for almost twenty years to save endangered native alpine plants. On further investigation, I discovered that one of these plants was…
Tucked away behind the glasshouses of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a terrace that contains an exceptional collection of Chilean plants collected by RBGE staff and Chilean colleagues over…
…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…
…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…
…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…
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…
…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 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…
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 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…
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 Botanic Garden. The ‘wild’ corner of the Demonstration Garden, with a small area of semi-natural woodland, wetland and meadow, proved a perfect site to explore two questions: how can…
…traversing Bhutan to the capital Thimphu, to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Serbithang, before departing out of Paro airport. My appointment as ‘guest botanist’ was confirmed and with some…
Brown trout electro-fished from the Scrape Burn during the Dawyck Botanic Garden BioBlitz. Over a 24 hour period from 5pm on the 24th July 2015 naturalists and the public joined…
…a chance of being number one! In our last Big 5 post we spoke to our curator at Logan Botanic Garden, Richard Baines, to find out why he thinks the…