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late visit to kew gardens

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Aesculus indica

Indian Horse Chestnut

 

Cornus kousa possibly Eddie's White Wonder

Bracts elegantly poised along the branches

 

Iris germanica 'Trillion'

 

Cedar cones  oozing a sticky substance

 

Meadow area of grasses mixed with moon / ox-eye daisies

Close-up

Oriental poppy

Saracenia

Iris versicolor 'Gerald Darby'

Aquilegia longissima

Iris fulva - almost red

Aquilegia hybrid

Sanguisorba

Heuchera hybrid

Cornus kousa

Oriental poppy blousy and in bud

Iris 'Gerald Darby'

Cedar cone

Walkway

Rhubarb

Rodgersia

Iris laevigata alba

Iris - yellow form of chrysographes?

Aloe?

Evening light

Canoes by the Dog of Fo

Pineapples part of  INCREDIBLES on show until Sept 2013

http://www.kew.org/

Pagoda

Light through the leaves

Temperate House

Copper tree

 

 

Walkway

Jumbo

World's biggest pine cone life size.    Coulter pine cones 6- 12 inches long

Hundreds of different insects eat oak leaves

Temperate House from the walkway

A tree's roots are twice as wide as the tree is tall, but only a metre deep

Eucalyptus bark

Another magnificent Cornus kousa

Interesting bark

Pagoda

Temperate House and Matt

It was a lovely evening and I was quite comfortable in shirt-sleeves all the way home.