Nick Lightfoot

Curator at Ness Botanic Gardens @Ness_Gardens @LivUni

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Sorbus aucuparia 👊

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Erythronium dens-canis flowering in the rock garden @Ness_Gardens currently, see https://t.co/Vr4tD2a9Ng. Mulched by leaves of Sequoia sempervirens, see https://t.co/mhJV10xRrC!

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Even on a cold wet day there is plenty to see ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. This is Rhododendron ‘Cilipense’, a Bodnant hybrid.

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It’s that time for the witch hazels to shine. We’ve got quite a few ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. Here’s Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ from Belgium, see https://t.co/DecLl8COAf

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We wish everyone a great Christmas! If you get a quiet moment take a look at this @RHSPlantsPlus article about our anniversary year: https://t.co/Hwb5nJN5Xu. More info about the Plant Review here: https://t.co/AQ9EcNVkRS. Enjoy!

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Better late than never - congratulations to @BBSbryology on their 100 year anniversary, in the same year as our 125th anniversary @Ness_Gardens!
https://t.co/rYFVYG1tK5

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Plenty of lovely autumn colour @Ness_Gardens at the moment, like this Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’. For more info see https://t.co/PbNMGiDs2M

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Plenty of Sorbus flowering ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩! This is Sorbus ‘Pink-Ness’ – a hybrid which arose at Ness in the mid-1970s, probably of Sorbus discolor Forrest 22622 crossed with S. aucuparia.

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Calluna vulgaris (common heather) & Erica cinerea (bell heather) flowering currently on Heswall Dales. Classic lowland heath! As seen on TV currently ⁦@AIGWomensOpen⁩ at Walton Heath. See https://t.co/J0fC4O6zpU. ⁦@heswallmagazine⁩ ⁦@WirralCouncil⁩

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Houttuynia cordata has been flowering in the rock garden ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩.
More info here: https://t.co/Swmxb8ClSw. This form is ‘Flore Pleno’.

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It’s worth searching out two lovely summer-flowering shrubs ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩ currently. One is the variegated Luma apiculata ‘Glanleam Gold’ and other is Eucryphia glutinosa. More info here: https://t.co/h1R0V3pQRq & https://t.co/b4rg74i4VS

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Still plenty of rhodos flowering ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. This is Rhododendron wardii in the pine wood, named for Frank Kingdon Ward, see https://t.co/C0HhVZxsOo

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The roses are coming! This is Rosa 'Albéric Barbier', flowering on the terraces ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. More info here: https://t.co/AaIJVvzUSB

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The winners! ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩ ⁦@BodnantGardenNT⁩ ⁦@RCM_Group⁩ ⁦@RHSPlantsPlus⁩

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Judging about to start! Our two judges, Chris Sanders and James Armitage, with our chair Ted Brabin ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩ ⁦@RHSPlantsPlus⁩ ⁦@RCM_Group⁩ ⁦@The_RHS⁩

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Getting ready for the Rhododendron, Camellia and Magnolia Show this weekend ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩! ⁦@BodnantGardenNT⁩ ⁦@RCM_Group⁩ ⁦@The_RHS⁩

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Cool flowers on Dipelta floribunda, flowering ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. More info here: https://t.co/NWl5uHHZRV

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Plenty of camellias in flower in the pine wood ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩ at the moment, including C. ‘Spring’s Promise’ bred by Dr Clifford Parks in North Carolina

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Narcissus bulbocodium putting on quite the show in the alpine meadow ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. See https://t.co/2a3AcCvowb to find out where they’re from!

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The ‘almost herbaceous’ Prunus tenella flowering in the rock garden ⁦@Ness_Gardens⁩. For more info see https://t.co/jhjRpCyRCq