The glasshouse at Wisley

Gorgeous! Great pics Arlene!

Lovelt pics looks like a great place to visit.

Wow!! Wish I had room for a glasshouse the size of Wisley's...sigh....
Lovely pics Arlene :)

~thanks Marie,Di and Drc726~it is a great place to visit!~also has a great plant area and shop!

So dangerous territory then!!

~Absolutely!

LOL! I'm scared to go near the GC, but I need to get some stuff (DIY bumf!) so will be hitting homebase or b&q as soon as loan in! Oooer!

b and q had lots of stuff reduced in boxes which you have to plough through ~might be good if they have what you want~student loans don't go a long way~think my daughter still owes £12000 even though she was paid quite well for the three years of her PHD and didn't need to take the loans.

They'll be worth looking thru!
I know, I'm having to work too! It's the non-fun bit, being this skint, but I'll get there!!

I'm sure you will!

Thank you Arlene for the tour around the glass house wonderful plants very pretty and love the fountain and of course my favourite plant the passiflora.

I'm off, got to get up at 6.30 to be there for 9 tomorrow!
:~(( Ah, well its only that early one day a week!
Goodnight!

~thanks Morgana ~the Passiflora is stunning but in the flesh or the leaf so to speak some of those cane begonias are gorgeous!

They are georgous its because my favourite flower is passiflora hence my name on another site.;o)))

~night Marie~have a good day!

Lovely pics Arlene,one hears Wisley mentioned a lot on here,must chat nicely to hubby and give a few hints at same time....

Interesting plants. I liked the last photo but one. It was unusual.

Fantastic photos, Arlene :o)

these are fab how great would it be to turn a back garden into something like this?

x x x

~That orangey flower is a HIbiscus Schizopetalus Hywel~very unusual!

Nice blog and photos

Thanks Arlene, I did have a good day, despite being up at dark o'clock!

Zonal envy rears its siren head again! Always thought it odd that of all the US native plants your John Tradescant (Chas. I gardener) chose this weed as his namesake (photo #1 w/ Setcreasea). Firespike (#10 Odentonema strictum) is nice for butterflies but never could get past the name of the amaranthus in #11: Love lies Bleeding. But I swoon at Brugmansia (#2, 3, & 7). The night perfume of my Ecuador Pink (#7) pervades the neighborhood in FL, and as a 12 ft tree in filtered shade covers itself with hundreds of hanging Angel's Trumpets! The Carib Islanders say "don't hang your hammock under the Brugmansia: it will steal your soul away." Definite cross species pheromone communication from a lovely shrub. I'm trying B."Miner's Claim" with a chartreuse & cream leaf and pink bell in a pot in OR. And B. Super Nova has white flowers fully 12" wide.

Lovely flowers I like the first one.What a great place to go.

Anyone know the name of the plant in the last photo?

~it's Haemanthus Albiflos

Thanks. Passed the info on to a friend in Florida who loves So African bulbs.

~ for info~
Wisley is just off Junction 10 of the M25 on the A3 to Guildford and we tend to stay at Leatherhead Travelodge which can be very reasonable when booked well in advance and is about 10 mins away in the car. If you are a member of the RHS you get in free and yes you need two days to see everything!