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kew may 2021

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The gps failed and I forgot the tracker, so no maps

 

Molly the witch at home before the hailstones...

Not the freshest

special variety of Euphorbia characias from Bob Brown

Mini aquilegia

Usual train combination was not available so I took a later train and arrived at 11.00 Kew when expected.

Lovely day

Gunnera

Similar to Rock's variety?

Vibernum macrocephalum 'sterile'

Scilla peruviana

Maianthemum racemosum - False spikenard

SpiEssential Oils and essential oils diffuser | Spikenard, Himalayan, | ZAYAT  AROMAkenard, also called nard, nardin and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-coloured essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family growing in the Himalayas in Nepal, China, and India.

Peony species

Echium wildpretii

Paeonia 'High Noon'

Iris 'Red Zinger'

Iris cycloglossa

Alpine House

Pleione 'Marco Polo'

Aquilegia

Aquilegia

Waterlily House

Nymphaea colorata

Nelumbo leaves

Nymphaea 'King of Siam'

Lotus

Nymphoides indica - Water Snowflake

Eichhornia azurea - Water hyacinth

Lotus

Hibiscus

We had lunch at the Orangery and walked through the rhododendrons and azaleas

 

Matt's Pictures

Speckled wood

Speckled wood

 

Matt stepped straight onto his train, I had to wait for 10 minutes.   It was a lovely day blue sky, puffy clouds and robins singing