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Our Wild at Wisley children's play area opened recently, and this week we've installed the new sign. It was skillfully carved by Kirsty Summerhayes who works in the Fruit and Trials department, from wood from a fallen oak tree in the garden. Wood is the major theme here, and Paul Sivell has carved...
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What a beautiful day it is today. Glorious sun and blue sky, and Wisley looks fantastic. I think the sunflowers on the Trials Field would agree, maybe thinking they're in Tuscany... if sunflowers could think! We've flowers all over, and the Top Terrace bedding is really tall now, with the cosmos...
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School holidays are with us again. At Wisley, this means many things. For a start, it's time to cut the hedges. We've reduced this annual task by lessening the surface area of hedge at Wisley in a couple of areas, and when they're all cut the place looks so much tidier. The Mixed Borders...
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Colourful July, and we're at the peak of the season. If you're coming to visit us this week look out for some of these: On the corner of the Laboratory, the trumpet vine Campis radicans is creating a vertical carpet of deep orange. On the Top Terrace, the flowers are really starting to perform...
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You would be forgiven for thinking that working in the turf department at Wisley is all about mowing immaculate, straight lines on finely manicured lawns. Not last week it wasn't! Not a straight line in sight, as Wisley's Team Turf produced two grass mazes at Wisley. The first maze is on Seven...
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We’re really looking forward to the RHS Berrylicious Weekend . We’ve plenty of delicious strawberry, blueberry and raspberry plants in stock. Some of the strawberries are in hanging baskets so can be hung up immediately. Nibble at those plants with fruit, then tend them for another crop. My hanging strawberry...
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Exciting News . . . At the Garden Retail Awards for the best people in the industry, our Wildlife Team have captured the Greatest Wild Bird Care & Wildlife Team Award for 2009. Here they are at the Awards Ceremony and showing off their truly well deserved plaque and certificate. Well done everyone...
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There's never a dull moment at Wisley, despite the weather. June is a fabulous month to enjoy the colour, fragrance and beauty of roses. The Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden is progressing well, with levels in and paths taking shape. But, for this year, no roses (although there are some in the borders at the...
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Wisley has been looking fantastic with the warm weather. Everything is growing quickly now and looking fantastic; the Trials Field is awash with colour (you must see the delphiniums), the Cornus kousa are covered in their coloured bracts and the Glasshouse Landscape is looking delightful. And, of course...
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News flash…..”Millions of painted lady butterflies have arrived in the UK after an epic migration from north Africa”. Wisley Plant Centre is proving to be a popular pit stop for the butterflies where they can be seen having a quick feed on the Scabiosa 'Butterfly Blue' flowers that we have for...
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It's damp at Wisley as I write, but I'm sure the sun will return. To be honest, I'm out in China at the moment, at a Magnolia symposium. It has brought all the world's experts together for a unique event, with field trips to Nankinsham in Guangdong Province, before more to Shixi and Lushan...
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You can't afford to miss the fabulous array of Irises we currently have in stock…. There are over 66 different ones to choose from including the gorgeous almost black cultivar ‘Superstition’ which Laurel and Michaela have their eyes on in the photo. This has to be one of my favourites, but I do tend...
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Guess who’s just been in The Wisley Plant Centre ……No other than Howard Ebison – one of the stars of the current popular BBC programme The Apprentice ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/ ). Howard said hello to many of the staff including Nige Eaton – Head of Wisley Plant Centre. Howard said “I cannot...
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Wow, we currently have 81 different varieties of Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) in stock. This is truly the best time to buy if you want the widest selection to choose from. We have a huge range of sizes too - from the 3 litre pot size up to a whopping 160 litre. Prices start at £25. Varieties come in...
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This spring we've welcomed back Tom Hare, acclaimed willow artist, to weave some more creations to adorn the garden. Anyone who's visited Wisley in the last year will have seen Tom's work from last year, including the mushrooms by the Pinetum picnic site, the apple and pear near the Fruit...
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