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Myrtle

Aster and Rudbeckia

Comma

Berkheya purpurea is a perennial member of the subfamily of the family Asteraceae of flowering plants. Like most members of its genus, Berkheya, it is native to southern Africa

Helenium

Schefflera

Brillantaisia Nyanzarum Burkill family ACANTHACEAE

Stem glabrous below. Leaves ovate, narrowed into the petiole, slightly acuminate above, regularly dentate-serrate on the margins, pubescent on the lower face, less so above, 5 in. long and 2 1/2 in. wide. Inflorescence lax; lateral branches short, very glandular-pubescent; bracts lanceolate, pubescent. Calyx-segments linear, glandular-pubescent; posterior segment the largest, obtuse. Corolla-tube 3 lin. long; lips 1 in. long, the upper slightly pilose outside, the lower with 3 short teeth. Staminodes with a few glandular hairs. Style hairy. Ovary with 14 ovules to each cell. Found in British East Africa Nile Land Kavirondo, riverside, Scott-Elliot, 6999!

Hydrangea serrata 'Preziosa'

Glaucium flavum - Horned poppy

Tricyrtis hirta

Japanese toad lily

Pineapple flower

Friendly robin who gave us a song

Nerine bowdenii

Matt's pictures

Berkheya purpurea

Amazon water lily

Tradescantia

Campsis radicans

Heuchera and sedum

Sterbergia lutea

Rosmarinus x mondizbalii

Blue Kenya Lily

Gladiolus oppositiflorus subsp. salmoneus.

could find no pictures on the web of the blue form or any indication that there was one....

Daphne gemmata in the alpine house

Cyclamen graecum

Grasses were at their best

Acer rubrum

Magnolia species

Male cedar flowers

Colchicum

Waterlily House

Alamanda

Large bud

We had a sandwich lunch at the Pavilion Bar and Grill. I had a rhubarb and apple drink which was good.

Brugsmania

Ensete ventricosum

False Banana

We sat by the lake in front of the Palm House for some time enjoying the gulls throwing their weight about before catching the train home. I had to wait a few minutes more than Matt initially, but the connection at West Hampstead was excellent