A cracking start to a week off - what a treat to run through @kewgardens . Just so lovely. Plus knocked 5mins off my 10K time from last year. The horribly early alarm call was harder than the running! @RichmondRunFest
Three of my favourite wild daffodils Narcissus serotinus, Narcissus viridiflorus and the rare sterile natural hybrid between the two of them, Narcissus x alleniae. All scented too ...
Tall stories: in praise of Britain’s great trees, avenues & ancient woodlands - fascinating @guardianeco article by @_TonyHall_ will be of great interest to colleagues on @CYPTreescapes@UK_Treescapes project https://t.co/xj2scu7QeE
I collected this lovely little Iris, Iris planifolia native to southern Spain more than ten years ago. It is proving to be pretty hardy have been planted out in the Mediterranean garden for the last seven years, with temperatures down to -5 and still doing really well.
Baobab plane tree Platanus x hispanica. The trunk take on this form due to a viral infection. This is one of seven in Canterbury. But they are widespread and found all over the UK.
An amazing survivor from a long ago forest. Now a street tree! This old oak is around 600 years old, and has a girth of over 7m. Thought to be an old boundary tree from Windsor forest, now more than 8 miles away!
Had a day grafting today, grafting some of Kew's special tree's. A very red purple beech, a particularly white form of Betula ermanii. And Cathaya on to Douglas fir, this is apparently done in Canada to increase its hardiness. Looking forward to seeing the results ...