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You have just a few days to enjoy the beautiful, yellow, fragrant Peruvian daffodil. It isn't common in cultivation, and this is the best I have ever seen this rarity flower, so I extend my congratulations to the team in Glass. Matt Pottage explains: "The Paramongaia is known as the Peruvian...
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In last week's sunny weather, and this week's chill, the garden teams have been busy tidying the place ready for the cold season to come. The fine turf has been scarified, aerated and top dressed; the square columns of hornbeam have been carefully pruned back; oak leaves are raked up off the...
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I am delighted to share with you the news that RHS Garden Wisley has won ‘Large Visitor Attraction of the Year’ at the Tourism Awards South East 2009. Staff and volunteers are thrilled with the decision, which was announced at a celebratory Awards Dinner hosted by Gyles Brandreth at The Wentworth Club...
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We are enjoying the autumn so far at Wisley. Fruits, flowers and veg are in evidence all over the Garden, and the leaves are starting to turn. We're looking forward to our Taste of Autumn Festival next week, 16-19th October, with great anticipation - it's been a fantastic event over the last...
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Colourful flowers and tempting vegetables, plus an orchard full of fruit and the promise of autumn leaf colour to come - Wisley is looking wonderful this month. The Glasshouse is brimming with begonias amongst an outstanding display of temperate and tropical plants. Our brand new Visitor Guide and map...
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It's truly summer now here at Wisley. In July the garden looks wonderful. We have our Armed Forces Day flag prominently positioned on the Conifer Lawn, and the sweet peas and dahlia bed (where the Subtropical Borders usually are) are flowering well. Day by day the self-sown annuals that form this...
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One of our traditional annual attractions is the carpet bed in front of the Laboratory building in garden. Approximately 10,000 plants go into this 14ft square, which is the most intensely planted part of the garden. This year’s design is inspired by a late 19th Century fan, of a peacock. Carpet bedding...
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If you have paid a visit to the glorious Glasshouse at Wisley in the last few days you may have be in awe over the wonderful orchid display, or blown away by the beautiful, lush plants, or perhaps captivated by the cacti. But you might also have been surprised by the pungent aroma in the Tropical Zone...
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What a difference a week makes. This week Wisley has proved incredibly popular with happy half termers! I expect the mild weather has been something to do with it, along with the lure of the great outdoor space we have here. But I know that the Butterflies in the Glasshouse have also enticed many visitors...
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They are still taking my breath away. Glorious butterflies are attracting many, many visitors. Here are some of my favourite photos. But I wanted to add - the Garden here at Wisley is also coming alive right now. The snowdrops are coming out, the daphnes smell wonderful, and the witch hazels are wonderful...
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Over the last few weeks, the team in the Tropical Zone have been really busy preparing for our first major event of the year, and a first for us – Butterflies in the Glasshouse. www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/gardens/wisley/butterflies-glasshouse.html From Sunday 18th January until 22nd February we are inviting...
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Last year the Glasshouse team conducted an experiment on a plant in the Tropical Zone. For a while, the Tabebuia or Pau d’Arco (a flowering tree native to tropical regions of South and Central America) was left to 'rest' which really meant it looked dead, but we were actually mimicking its natural...
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Happy New Year. And what a chilly start. When the garden is covered with snow it looks entirely different. And it’s a great opportunity to spot the non-human visitors and residents here by their tracks. A cool, white background also highlights those plants that are in bloom now. Of these, the witch hazels...
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In the build up to Christmas it’s been busy here at Wisley. Father Christmas in the Glasshouse has been inundated with visitors. And the festive displays continue to look excellent. We are looking forward, too, to the next event here, Butterflies in the Glasshouse. http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/gardens...
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It’s here. We have a bright and cheerful snowman welcoming everyone into the Garden for the next few weeks. As a seasonal citrus twist on our annual Apple Mosaic that features during Wisley's ‘A Taste of Autumn’ festival, the Fruit Department have designed and built a Citrus Mosaic for Christmas...
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