NEW FOREST, WISLEY & FURZEY

[ranunculus]

Over two hundred images from Wisley to post ... will Maggi and Ian permit such extravagance?
Because of the limited time in the gardens and the diversity of plants on display, very few of these pictures will be titled (I might know an alpine or two, but I could not possibly name everything we encountered) ... I hope this won't spoil your enjoyment of this series?
I loved the sheer diversity of colour, form and habitats (without knowing a percentage of the names) and I hope you will accept these random images in the same spirit?
I'm certain that they could all be named by one or other on this forum, so please feel free to request identifications if you feel the urge.

Please click on the images to enlarge.

WISLEY GARDENS
VERY IMPRESSIVE 'SHEET' OF BLOOM - CREATED USING NARROW TRAYS FIXED TO THE WALL.

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Batch two from Wisley Gardens ... Please click on the images to enlarge.

We will reach the rock garden and alpine houses in a very short time ...


WISLEY GARDENS

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A brief visit to the carnivorous plant bog before we ascend the rock garden to the alpine house and troughs ...


Darlingtonia
Sarracenia
Wisley carnivorous bog area

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More from the carnivorous plant pond at Wisley Gardens as we climb up through the rock garden to the alpine mecca ...

Darlingtonia
Sarracenia
Arisaema berries
Roscoea

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Finally some images from the alpine zone at Wisley Gardens showing the alpine houses and trough areas ...


Wisley Gardens
Alpine House
Behind the scenes areas

[Maggi Young]

It all looks very neat, Cliff.... not exactly heaving with visitors though, is it?

[Anthony Darby]

Mmm! Just spotted the butterflies in this thread.

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I cleared them all out as soon as I arrived, Maggi ... three sneezes and two 'oinks' did the job nicely!   

Thanks Anthony!

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A few more from Wisley Gardens ... it is wet outside in the garden here in Lancashire today, the remnants of hurricane Bill.


Alpine house and rock gardens at Wisley Gardens.
Borders and main glasshouse at Wisley

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Next batch from Wisley Gardens ...  Many more to follow ...


The sunlight was intense while we were there hence the roof shadows across many of the cushions.


Alpine house at Wisley Gardens.

[Lvandelft]

Oh Maggi ... we ate like lords every evening, in fact the food was so good in one particular hostelry that we ate there for three consecutive evenings until we HAD to come home ... bloated but happy!

Well Cliff, this really sounds interesting as our experiences in GB for finding good (affordable ) restaurants were not always good.
We are always in for trying local food in the countries where we are, but sometimes......
Well we are not too often in GB, but when we visit again I better ask you how to find such places like the one you described above 

BTW, this series of excellent pictures is very interesting, with some very nice places shown.
Thanks a lot , I enjoyed all of them.

[Paul T]

Just caught up with this whole topic.  Glrious, Cliff.  Thank you.  The Sarracenia bog is something I'd love to visit, and that red Roscoea!!    I think someone posted a pic of it a little while ago in one of the flowering now topics, and it stood out for me there.  Amazing colour for a Roscoea.  Thanks for showing us around.