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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 6, 2021 6:40:21 GMT
We will certainly watch this spot, then.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 19, 2021 18:08:19 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2021 1:03:42 GMT
Absolutely gorgeous, Mick ~ what an eye you have for botanical beauty! Your Kew updates are always a treat, so thanks!
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 20, 2021 10:30:06 GMT
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Post by lugg on Nov 20, 2021 18:20:52 GMT
Great to see your most recent up-dates Mick ; they really make me want to visit again. Do you have a favourite time of year to visit ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 20, 2021 18:34:16 GMT
Great to see your most recent up-dates Mick ; they really make me want to visit again. Do you have a favourite time of year to visit ? There’s something to see all year round but June is a good month. I’m sneaky though. I find a reason to visit the back collection to avoid entry and car park costs.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 20, 2021 18:38:53 GMT
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Post by lugg on Nov 20, 2021 18:40:03 GMT
I’m sneaky though. I find a reason to visit the back collection to avoid entry and car park costs. Good on you Mick. Last time I went was Feb so June sounds good to me - now to get planning , thank you
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Post by fumobici on Nov 20, 2021 21:15:00 GMT
That last set in particular grease my wheels, seeing Kew is on my bucket list. June is the obvious month to visit gardens, at least where I live.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 20, 2021 21:36:43 GMT
More wonderful pictures! That stone sink arrangement (3rd pic, reply #123) is beyond perfection. I also love the big face sculpture.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 20, 2021 21:44:21 GMT
If you look closely the edges of the big face dissolve into leaves.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2021 1:09:16 GMT
Oooooo! I just magnified it and that indeed makes it even better.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2021 11:22:59 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2021 11:28:49 GMT
This is the last picture which I should explain. In the corner of the gardens are the student beds which they have to plant and maintain for their exams. In season they are awash with veg, flowers and fruit. Once exams are over the plants are all cleared away and the beds made ready for the next season and I just love the neatness and tidiness of these beds out of season. Bit like a newly ploughed field which I also admire.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 21, 2021 17:56:15 GMT
Another bunch of knockouts with this latest group, Mick. That third picture is pure perfection.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2021 18:31:50 GMT
Yes, tha tree has so much character.
The yellow tree is Ginkgo biloba btw.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 22, 2021 13:03:55 GMT
Great pics Mick! I noticed the Gingko tree is at its best compared to an earlier photo taken in mid December some years ago. Absolutely splendid!
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 2, 2021 16:24:20 GMT
I just love the neatness and tidiness of these beds out of season. In the public parks of Paris, they do the same thing and I also appreciate the temporary empty but well groomed look. Right now they will be removing the chrysanthemums, which will be replaced by pansies which will endure the winter as best they can.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 6, 2023 19:21:53 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 6, 2023 19:25:57 GMT
And a great new season begins, except for that last picture that looks like the garden of the Malfoy family from Harry Potter.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 6, 2023 19:31:52 GMT
Picture 2 is a relative of the honeysuckle, picture 7 is a voodoo lily and the last picture is a fig trained against the wall at the back of Kew Palace.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 6, 2023 23:10:21 GMT
And didn't take me! Anyway ~~ The first picture is some kind of orchid? Even the foliage is spectacular. 2. Never would have guessed honeysuckle family! 3. A Hoya? 5. A Heliconia? 6. Another fabulous orchid. 7. An Arum? 10. Iris-y flowers, but that foliage! ~?~ 14. What is it? I love the two-color one! 15. Cherry? Quince? Whatever it is, it is sublime. The fig at the end is astounding. I wonder how old it is.
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Post by fumobici on Apr 7, 2023 5:18:37 GMT
Wonderful set of photos. This further steels my resolve to visit this little paradise.
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Post by bjd on Apr 7, 2023 5:49:24 GMT
7 definitely looks like an arum, although the pistil? (the pointy yellow thing) is certainly longer than any of those in my garden.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2023 5:59:06 GMT
I was wondering if it wasn't one of the "stinking lily" arums.
ps ~ I meant the picture further up -- the purple flower. I think the one with the long yellow spadix is more like a regular calla lily.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 7, 2023 6:29:08 GMT
Number 3 is a jade vine. 14 I don’t know and 15 is a cherry,
It was a very dull day which didn’t make for good pictures.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2023 6:56:03 GMT
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Post by bjd on Apr 7, 2023 8:17:10 GMT
I was wondering if it wasn't one of the "stinking lily" arums. ps ~ I meant the picture further up -- the purple flower. I think the one with the long yellow spadix is more like a regular calla lily. Calla and arum seem to be used interchangeably so I just looked it up: "Hardy types (arum lilies) have large, elegant white flowers that stand on tall stems above lush, glossy leaves. Tender types (calla lilies) are smaller, but their flowers come in a wide choice of vibrant tropical colours." Royal Horticultural Society
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 7, 2023 9:00:51 GMT
THe Voodoo lily is Amphorphopallus and it does smell. Apparently the root is edible.
The Arum lily was potted up in the Alpine House. I didn’t take a note of it’s name. Sorry!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 7, 2023 9:06:01 GMT
The bad December weather certainly did for a lot of plants though. There was a beautiful huge Agave salmiana planted outside the Princess of Wales conservatory since it opened but that has gone.
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