Carly Green

Propagator @WalesBotanic with a love for botany, cats, reading and large cups of tea. All at once, preferably.

[Biophilic Wales | Caru Natur Cymru @BiophilicWales]

The flowers of Viper’s Bugloss are electric blue – perfect for attracting pollinators 🐝

Mae blodau'r gwiberlys yn las trydanol – perffaith ar gyfer denu peillwyr 🐝

#BlodynGwyllt #Wildflowers #Dolydd #Meadows #Bioffilia #Biophilia #Pollinator

[Carly Green @floramental]

@lizardschwartz @ellenwalex My boyfriend was shook when i showed him this 😅 excellent sentiment though, you have fantastic style AND fantastic science 😉👍

[Robbie Blackhall-Miles @fossilplants]

For today's @BGANZ1 #PlantChallenge I am talking about a plant that became #extinct in #Wales but still has hope as a Welsh native through #Exsitu cultivation.

[Robbie Blackhall-Miles @fossilplants]

This evening we took our daily exercise from the nursery to see how #CriticallyEndangered Sorbus arvonensis had faired over the winter. It looked beautiful against the bright blue skies but there were a few that had succumbed to the sea 😔

[Carly Green @floramental]

Two exciting things from today... I had my first proper go at arranging flowers (using florist tape) and it gave me such a buzz, I can't wait to learn more! And #2, I spotted yellow rattle seedlings popping up in the… https://t.co/wlN5ZAW4Q3

[Dr Abigail Lowe 🐝🌸🧬 @abigailjayne26]

This year, the National Botanic Garden of Wales turns 20! We rely on visitors for over 70% of our income & we need help to continue our important work in the areas of conservation, science and education. Please read and give if you can https://t.co/NF9TdJuYAZ

[Carly Green @floramental]

@CerrigAnglesey Gosh, I'm not an expert on it, but I'm not sure. Do you have a field guide to check it??

[Carly Green @floramental]

Here's a closer look at some of my lovely #WelshNatives growing in the poly tunnel! Irish Saxifrage from Snowdonia, Dune Pansy from the South coast, South Stack Fleawort from Anglesey and the teeny-tiny Hoary Whitlowgrass from Snowdonia

[Carly Green @floramental]

another morning pick-me-up 😍

[caenhillcc @caenhillcc]

Giggles first steps at the farm. #gigglenight #gigglethegoose @caro_painter

[Carly Green @floramental]

@naomibot Oh. My. God. So cute!!

[Carly Green @floramental]

@fossilplants Got a contender here!

[Robbie Blackhall-Miles @fossilplants]

This is the bud breaking on a cutting of Cotoneaster cambricus. Only 6 individuals remained in the wild until quite recently. We have been working with a consortium of organisations on increasing propagation success for this #CriticallyEndangered species.

[Carly Green @floramental]

Whew! It's been busy here, but I've still got stuff to show you on the #BotanicGardenofTwitter. Here's some of the plants I grow for the #WelshNativesProject looking very happy in the polytunnel! 😀

[Carly Green @floramental]

This made my morning. Hope it makes yours too

[Kaeli Swift, Ph.D. @corvidresearch]

Jkhkhjjmkhj! LOOK AT THESE BABY WOODCOCKS PRACTICING THEIR BOOTY BOP

Video credit: https://t.co/WNgg06nHQY

[Carly Green @floramental]

@Pinci81 @melcourtltd @DalefootCompost @walesbotanic @PeatFreeApril Oh my gosh! What a good comparison!! 🌱

[Carly Green @floramental]

Check out our lovely apprentice El giving a tour of the garden! 😊

[Robbie Blackhall-Miles @fossilplants]

Just a year after they germinated our @Cwm_Idwal Saxifraga cespitosa are flowering for the first time and I am pollinating them like mad (with a paint brush). Only 7 plants left in the wild in Wales so let's hope these set lots if seed! - that's my little finger nail BTW.

[Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky) @AmyJaneBeer]

Marsh marigold, reassuringly in its regular spot. Plants can be old friends: I come looking for this clump and its golden smiles every spring. If it was ever not here, I’d be devastated. #wildhowardian

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Mountain goats have taken over this locked down town 🐐

[Carly Green @floramental]

Today on #BotanicGardenofTwitter it's our beautiful planters that would have greeted visitors at the front gate, looking gorgeous in full flower! 🤩 The red tulips are 'Apricot Foxx' and the lilac bulbs are an Ipheon (I can't find a label though!)