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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 – Verbena bonariensis
Few plants were as fashionable as Verbena bonariensis over the last two decades. As gardeners everywhere grew to appreciate its many good qualities it became the archetypal ‘designer’ plant. And then, in the eyes of many, it was overused; an unforgivable garden cliché. Overused maybe, but Verbena still possesses all of the good qualities that
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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
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Plant Spotlight – Alchemilla – Lady’s Mantle
Alchemilla Lady’s mantle, Alchemilla mollis, may not always be the star of the show, playing instead a supporting role for more showy perennials, but it is indispensable in the garden at Winterbourne, colonising the fronts of borders and ‘difficult’ spots where little else will grow. Each June and July its sprays of acid yellow flowers
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Plant Spotlight – Agave americana
Cacti and succulents play an important role at Winterbourne. Since 2008 our amazing Arid House has been used to display hundreds of species of desert dwelling plants. We even use them outdoors in summer as part of the many different seasonal displays we create around the Arid House and the Terrace. However, of them all