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  • Plants for pleasure and plants for bugs at Wisley

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 03 Jun 2009

    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... Read more..

  • Ways to play with roses at Wisley this June

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 09 Jun 2009

    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... Read more..

  • Perfect peacock; Wisley's summer carpet bed is ready

    Blog post by Jim Gardiner on 22 Jun 2009

    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... Read more..

  • Hyrbid musk rose 'Penelope' grown as a hedge in the Jubilee Rose Garden

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Jun 2009

    A series of higly scented rose hedges along the central axis of the Jubilee Rose Garden, with 'Penelope' in the foreground. Photo: Sara Draycott Read more..

  • Hybrid Musk Rose 'Buff Beauty'

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Jun 2009

    Hybrid musk rose 'Buff Beauty' growing freely in the centre of the Country Garden at Wisley Photo: Sara Draycott Read more..

  • Rosa 'Prosperity' with Vivian Birley, a garden volunteer.

    Photo uploaded by Jim Gardiner on 09 Jun 2009

    Volunteer Vivian Birley beside a hegde-grown hybrid musk rose 'Prosperity' in the Jubilee Rose Garden at Wisley. Photo: Sara Draycott Read more..

  • Glasshouse Landscape border

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  • Planting up Plants for Bugs

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  • Dry side of the Glasshouse Lake

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  • Halimium umbellatum

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