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Bee-friendly plants
By Head Gardener, Daniel Cartwright Bees – and other pollinators – are so important to the garden and wider environment. We need bees to pollinate the plants we eat and all the other trees and flowers that make up the various habitats needed to support life. Like so many plants and animals, many bee species…
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Plant Spotlight: Iris
The genus Iris brings to me a certain nostalgia as it was one of the first plants I ever learned as a child. I remember kneeling down on the grass where there was one planted in the garden and taking in its beautiful fragrance. On reflection I realise that it was a bearded iris type…
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Plant Spotlight: Strelitzia reginae
Strelitzia reginae or bird of paradise flower originates from South Africa where it flowers every Summer, as it is a plant from the Southern Hemisphere its flowering period is therefore during our winter and spring. Its flowers are very striking, with 3 bright orange petals with a blue flash which resembles a bird of paradise…
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Plant Spotlight – Dawn redwood
We have several specimens of Metasequoia glyptostroboides, or the dawn redwood, here at Winterbourne, mostly planted in 1952. They can be seen in the Woodland Walk and Stream Lawn. Several handsome specimens even form an avenue running either side of the stream which flows beneath the Japanese Bridge near the Sandstone Rock Garden. Dawn…
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Plant Spotlight – Begonia rex
We’ve made good use of the recent closed period and given the Carnivorous Plant House a mini-makeover ready for re-opening. Glasshouse Area Supervisor, Abby, has been busy filling the lower benches beneath our brilliant pitcher plant display with shade-loving tropicals like bromeliads, Tradescantia and begonias. All of the new big, leafy plants look great together…