First things first, Amaryllis, (anyone who listens to Iggy will get that reference): I have not been asked to write this blog. It’s my true feelings, but it’s gonna be as advertorial as heck!
I really love the RHS garden at Wisley. Even since I was a teenager, and even more in recent years. I find it like a bit of a (mega) sweet shop- with a bit of everything. There’s something for everyone, in every weather.
I mention the weather as today’s visit was bitingly cold. I’m known for my indifference to cold temperatures, but this year has gripped me by the *****! Even in the cold though, there’s winter interest from the usual suspects, but also from some strategic non-tidying, check out the skeletal Hydrangea florets! And, for the weaker, there’s always indoors, and the glasshouse was in it’s full glory today, once the mist on my iPad had cleared!
And, jeez, I LOVE the alpine house, and unusually recognised quite a few beauties today, from the banana-fragranced Muscari macrocarpum to the stunningly photogenic Oxalis versicolor!
So…. rather than dribbling on giving them more advertising, I’m just going to paste some photos below, enjoy!!!
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- The main event!
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- The alpine house is a mecca for me!
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- This Massonia oozes charisma!
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- Oxalis versicolor are best in bud!
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- Muscari macrocarpum smells of bananas!
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- A different perspective on Cyclamen!
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- Delicate Crocus caught my attention too!
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- This Lachenalia was one of my faves in the glasshouse today!
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- The light coming through these fab Muscari!
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- The butterfly sculptures, and the majestic glasshouse!
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- Thunbergia mysorensis
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- oh, the witch hazel!
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- I sometimes prefer these Helleborus argutifolius to the flashy coloured ones!
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- Would you buy this Passion Flower? I would!
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- This tree make me chuckle for some reason!
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- Daphne was smelling good, even from a metre away!
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- This ivy shaping is kinda cool!
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- Glorious HARDY Schefflera taiwaniana!
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- A whole bunch of love seats!
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- The trials field was mostly bare, apart from loads of sprouts!
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- Soft, sweetly scented Primrose Woodland Dell
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- Primrose ‘Zebra Blue’ was looking fab in the garden centre!
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- Iris Katharine Hodgkin on it’s way to a sell out in the garden centre!
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- Do you like these willow sculptures??
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- Dead plants look good too!
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- Tetrapanax looking kinda prehistoric!
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garden advisor
Matt, you’re so right about RHS Wisley even during a dormant season you’ve been able to find colour, the exotic, scent and the bizarre! Beautiful day to have been for a visit. Your post has inspired me to awake from a wintry slumber and get out there!
Helen
Was that really yesterday? I visited this time last year and it was not just cold but dark and gloomy! I didn’t see the glass houses – pity – but I have a similar affection for RHS Harlow Carr 🙂