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Wisley January 2012

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Graham Catlow:
Hi, I visited Wisley a couple of days ago. The weather was bright and clear. Wrong time of year for most of the garden but the Alpine house and the main glasshouse were worth a visit. Here are a few photos for you to enjoy.

1&2 Just inside the entrance is this bed of Heleborus 'Walbertons Rosemary'. I have never seen a mass planting of one variety of Heleborus before and thought this was quite stunning.
3. The bog garden. Some of the pitchers were browned but others still looked good.
4. Sarracenia x farnhamii.
5. Unknown.
6. Prunus incisa 'Praecox'
7. Daphne bholua 'Limpsfield' The scent from this was amazing.
8. Daphne 'Spring Herald'

More to follow

Graham Catlow:
Second batch.

1. Alpine House Southern side
2. Alpine House Northern side
3. Arum creticum
4. Asarum subglobosum
5. Crocus korolkowii 'Kiss of Spring'
6. Crocus - I couldnt see the name and didn't want to touch the flowers just to get it.
7. Cyclamen coum
8. Daubenya marginata
9. Fritillaria striata

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Graham Catlow:
Third set

1. Lachenalia bulbifera
2. Narcissus bulbocodium subsp. praecox var. paucinervis
3. Narcissus cantabricus subsp. cantabricus
4. Narcissus romieuxii 'Trebel Chance'
5. Narcissus (couldn't see the name)
6. Oxalis luteola 'Glauca'
7. Oxalis versicolor
8. Sempervivum arachnoideum subs. tomentosum var. glabrescens
9. Whiteheadia bifolia
10. Narcissus papyraceus - outside on the south facing side.

Graham Catlow:
The glasshouse.

1. Cymbidium 1
2. Cymbidium 2
3. Cymbidium 3
4. Cymbidium 4
5. Orchid 1
6. Orchid 2
7. Orchid 3
8. Orchid 4

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Graham Catlow:
Final few.

1. Enchephalartos villosus
2. Plectranthus 'Cape Angels pink'
3&4. Hippeastrum 'Grand Diva'
5. Echeveria
6. The crevice bed - I can't make up my mind if I like these constructions. I haven't seen a mature one (other than in photos), so I will remain undecided until I have. The construction is really impressive. There are a lot of plants in the crevices and whilst they must be named it is, at this point, with immature plants rather overpowering with both the permenent black labels and the temporary white labels being very obvious.

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