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kew june 2023
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| There was trouble on the line between West Hampstead and Richmond so I had to go to West Brompton, Earls' Court and the northern line. I was 35 minutes late; it is a good thing Matthew is patient. |
 Inula |
 Lilium regale |
 Herbaceous clematis |
 Cardoon |
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 Aloe polyphylla |
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| Alpine House |
 Gloriosa modesta |
 Ptilotus manglesii |
 Campanula isophylla  |
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 Commellina dianthifolia |
 Tropaeolum sp. |
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 Gloriosa modesta |
 Carrot in the meadow |
Princess of Wales Conservatory |
 Brugsmania |
 Grevillea bipinnatifida |
 Mimosa |
 Alogyne |
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 Queen's wreath - Petrea volubilis |
 Costus barbatus |
 Blue Sky Vine - Thunbergia laurifolia |
 Titan arum |
 Brillantaisa (kirungore?) - Giant salvia |
 Osa pulchra |
 Calliandra tergemina |
 Hibiscus grandidieri - Chinese lantern hibiscus |
 Nelumbo |
 Nymphaea 'Stowaway Blue' |
 Victoria cruziana x boliviana (garden origin) |
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 Crinum amabile |
 Possibly purple allamanda |
| We had a soup and sandwich lunch at the newly refurbished Orangery and afterwards enjoyed the perennial borders |
 Kniphofia - Red hot poker |
 Achillea millefolium |
 Red hot poker possibly Amber king |
 Phlomis |
 Berkheya purpurea |
 Berkheya purpurea |
 Helenium x |
 Gypsophilla - Baby's Breath |
 Miss Willmott's Ghost |
 Cardoon |
The Water Lily House |
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 Nymphaea alexii |
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 Mauritanean convolvulus |
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 Water hyacinth |
 Water lily house |
 Crinum americanum |
 Allamanda cathartica / schottii |
Temperate House |
 Black fern |
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 Tree tomato |
 Francoa |
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 Babaco - Carica x heilbornii var pentagona |
 Strelitzia reginae I have not enhanced the colour |
 Meadow bank outside the Temperate house |
Fortunately the trains were back to normal for the return journey. |