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kew july 2022

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Matthew and I visited on a pleasant day not too hot

Decoration on water fountain

 

 

Arisaema ciliatum seeds

Tropaeolum speciosum

Cardoon - Cynara cardunculus

Lobelia tupa

Romneya coulteri

Feijoa sellowiana - Pineapple guava

Pachypodium lamerei - Madagascar Palm

Echinocactus grussonii

Dioscorea elephantipes

Capparis spinosa

Globularia sarcophylla

Also in the open ground

The orchids below were in a glass cabinet, so photos not so good

Prosthechea cochleata -

Vanda orchid

The Alpine House

Tigridia pavonia

Sempervivum montanum

Greenovia diplocycis

Echeveria

Sedum

Cardoon in the borders

New cardoon plants put in the borders every year to keep the plants tidy.   See earlier image for uncontrolled growth.

The herbaceous borders with sliced people...

Waterlily House

New species of giant water lily Victoria boliviana

Nymphaea 'Saint Louis Gold'

Ipomoea mauritiana

Water poppy - hydrocleys nymphoides

Hanging pitcher plants

Ipomoea mauritiana

Nelumbo seed pod

Rosa 'The Poet's Wife'

Temperate House

Stephanotis

 

Golden Lotus Banana

Brassaiopsis a member of the Ivy family

Black Tree fern Mamaku

Beautiful new shoot

An irid

Seed pods at the back

Rudbeckia hybrid

Stephanotis

Iris

 

Sitting on the station at Kew Gardens this was the most beautiful sky of the day