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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: meanie on February 29, 2016, 10:19:27 PM
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In this thread I will document my visits to the botanic gardens in Oxford during 2016.
The first visit of the year and Melianthus major is nearly in bloom.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1653/25326064516_f7725ac1ff_z.jpg)
The orangery was heady with scent. The two major culprits were Citrus medica.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1460/24721648584_68ed8a44c6_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1715/25234002342_65e0ee4ccb_z.jpg)
And Jasminium polyanthum...............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1576/24984817319_f105d38862_z.jpg)
Polygala fruticosa..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1543/24721652624_091aa4f3e2_z.jpg)
Dendrobium x delicatum var. album.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1552/25056654600_22e34db334_z.jpg)
Grevillea johnsonii has all the makings of a cracking plant..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1513/25259391841_54a0f6d095_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1705/24721863024_26962960c5_z.jpg)
Moving on to the porch which is the entrance to the glasshouses. Pterostylis curta is one of my favourites in the collection...............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1716/25352483815_e825b1e02d_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1522/25352485235_b315b77cdf_z.jpg)
Arum purpureospathum................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1617/25326291156_9467934ebb_z.jpg)
Colchicum hungaricum...............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1570/24725938513_b9b0573199_z.jpg)
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Moving on to the glasshouses proper now.
Columnea "Midnight Lantern".............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1683/25057078620_acd46a91e2_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1587/24985031489_4563896bbf_z.jpg)
Nematanthus fritschii............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1556/24725946273_af84e8fde8_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1708/24985035219_3ef7d9cbec_z.jpg)
A Nepenthes species.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1594/24725952253_5ebc312330_z.jpg)
Plumbago indica makes a nice change from the usual blue species.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1565/25057232730_4e2f3b3a2e_z.jpg)
Columnea x banksii was spectacular!
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1455/25352844145_045b3e07d4_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1657/25326651176_a8978d02f7_z.jpg)
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Momordica charantia had small unimpressive blooms but is seriously fragrant!
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1515/25234582992_9b760ef367_z.jpg)
Pachystachys lutea................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1466/25259764761_f7b4d46bfb_z.jpg)
Solanum seaforthianum..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1606/25326679256_be83256806_z.jpg)
Barnadesia caryophylla is another of my favourite plants at OBG............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1479/25234791162_f191e0cbe9_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1575/25259970441_142a35e0f0_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1451/25326861706_2c6018cda9_z.jpg)
Today was the first time that I've seen Aloe cryptopoda in bloom.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1528/25259979101_b356b5f80e_z.jpg)
Crassula ovata was blooming its heart out as well.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1632/25259983291_3b0e225c02_z.jpg)
Agave harrisii is becoming a monster..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1557/25353074595_5edccda3c2_z.jpg)
It was the first time that I've seen Streptosolen jamesonii in bloom as well..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1626/24722622954_b091fd2734_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1574/24722624844_31cdd77bf3_z.jpg)
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Nice to see Plumbago indica. I bought a small plant of this at a local garden centre many years ago. I still have it. This is the first time I have seen another plant of it.
I had Columnea x banksii as a house plant once but it is long gone.
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A tour de force with excellent photography. Looking forward to future episodes.
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Seconded, one of my favourite gardens.
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Nice to see Plumbago indica. I bought a small plant of this at a local garden centre many years ago. I still have it. This is the first time I have seen another plant of it.
Despite looking for it I've yet to find a plant or seed :(
A tour de force with excellent photography. Looking forward to future episodes.
Seconded, one of my favourite gardens.
Thanks chaps! As a regular visitor there will be updates. Unfortunately by the time I got outdoors on Sunday it was raining.
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Fantastic photos.
It was the first time that I've seen Streptosolen jamesonii in bloom as well..............
Members who were at the Aberdeen show last year (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13136.msg333590#msg333590) will recall the fantastic specimens on display in the Victorian Corridor of the Winter Gardens at Duthie Park.
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Fantastic photos.
Members who were at the Aberdeen show last year (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=13136.msg333590#msg333590) will recall the fantastic specimens on display in the Victorian Corridor of the Winter Gardens at Duthie Park.
Thanks Matt!
I don't suppose anyone had the foresight to nick any seeds from the Aberdeen show did you ;D They were spectacular!
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Thanks Matt!
I don't suppose anyone had the foresight to nick any seeds from the Aberdeen show did you ;D They were spectacular!
I'm sure you meant 'to ask for' ... :o
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I'm sure you meant 'to ask for' ... :o
Just the phrase that I was looking for!
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A quick visit to the gardens today (I was supposed to be carrying the shopping but as she had bought nowt after a couple of hours I left her to it) but the weather was really overcast so I apologise for the quality of the photos.
In the orangery Geranium maderense has burst into bloom................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1699/25282760643_6563ca573a_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1596/25816522321_ce9cc243ba_z.jpg)
In the porch;
Helicodiceros muscivorus.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1535/25911457335_6d70cb5bc8_z.jpg)
Puya alpestris...................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1462/25885585116_c1920d02c3_z.jpg)
On to the glasshouses proper;
Tillandsia cyanea....................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1484/25911731445_6c53dc9d5d_z.jpg)
Nepenthese spectabilis.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1514/25611174890_4d9e86632e_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1554/25816806821_39b0141577_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1568/25611177800_5f7288ce83_z.jpg)
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More from the glasshouses (it was too cold outdoors!);
Plumbago zeylanica..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1536/25283048123_d373dbc595_z.jpg)
Strelitzia reginae...............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1663/25816814061_34543c599f_z.jpg)
Someone has kindly sent me seeds for Aloe marlothii which is rather beautiful.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1582/25816915881_9707e7a454_z.jpg)
It does get rather big though!
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1644/25885983096_2c0401bf04_z.jpg)
Aloe plicatilis.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1509/25611308750_b67a9217d8_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1680/25885993026_6413112c44_z.jpg)
Thunbergia mysorensis is almost in bloom.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1697/25885997626_04572bd6f9_z.jpg)
No sign of buds on Strongylodon macrobotrys but it is back in growth..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1546/25886206706_c509b5daa3_z.jpg)
Aeschynanthus speciosus................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1593/25817162111_d4b4d5cfa5_z.jpg)
One photo from outdoors. This Agave parryi has survived the winter planted out..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1666/25279390444_3aec2ee308_z.jpg)
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A quick visit to the gardens today (I was supposed to be carrying the shopping but as she had bought nowt after a couple of hours I left her to it) but the weather was really overcast so I apologise for the quality of the photos.
Wonderful ... thanks for sharing with us.
Can't imagine too many members apologising for such quality images. ::)
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Thanks Chris. The light was so poor I almost switched the camera to auto but realised that I just had a cob on because I'd been dragged out shopping!
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Another visit today and there is now more to see.
In the porch;
Tulipa acuminata....................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1626/26591119266_e1cec79978_z.jpg)
Velthemia bracteata.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1602/26591207276_48a37363c9_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1624/26011870374_c0c536f273_z.jpg)
Pleione formosana...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2212_1.jpg?t=1461485270)
Fritillaria pontica...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2216.jpg?t=1461485272)
In the passageway between the glasshouses;
Columnea schiedeana..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1485/26524829382_3b084a4e11_z.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2229.jpg?t=1461485367)
Odontonema schomburgkianum..................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1442/26014968563_bb88642e77_z.jpg)
Russelia equisetiformis....................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1489/26345285260_a803211cc4_z.jpg)
Billbergia viridiflora.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1453/26618569275_89d5744f9e_z.jpg)
Solanum seaforthianum................
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2268.jpg?t=1461485620)
Tecomanthe dendrophylla...............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2223.jpg?t=1461485288)
Clytostoma callistegioides.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2254.jpg?t=1461485690)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1680/26344782460_8046c32358_z.jpg)
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Into the glasshouses proper now;
Quesnelia liboniana (which is a Bromeliad)...................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1598/26552223751_b4583e7d16_z.jpg)
In all the time that I've been visiting today was the first time that I noticed Brownea macrophylla in bloom............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1543/26591598956_2183e3d7ef_z.jpg)
Eulophia guineensis..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1527/26617524275_4e345f6b7b_z.jpg)
Strongylodon macrobotrys is not quite in bloom yet..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2242.jpg?t=1461486002)
Gerbera jamesonii.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1656/26592585806_445a355935_z.jpg)
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Now the outdoor photos;
Asphodelus albus..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1572/26013213994_c0ceeb31c1_z.jpg)
Iris magnifica................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1591/26015653623_ecf31f8ca9_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1689/26015673023_e0c3818573_z.jpg)
Erythronium tuolumnense..................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1569/26015754743_d49ed558ff_z.jpg)
Camassia looking good..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1706/26619420055_3c5920b987_z.jpg)
The Gunnera is bursting back into life..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2298.jpg?t=1461486574)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2300.jpg?t=1461486576)
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Last few now;
Lysichiton americanus..............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1615/26346250230_9fa636d22b_z.jpg)
Vinca major var. Oxyloba is a Perriwinkle that I could like but like the other species this one appears a bit thuggish.................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1494/26526784282_b36d6296b0_z.jpg)
Fritillaria imperialis.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2306.jpg?t=1461486764)
I hadn't expected to see a Kniphofia in bloom today.............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2303_1.jpg?t=1461486769)
Sophora microphylla..............
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g430/longk48/DSC_2327_1.jpg?t=1461486777)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1495/26014349934_817a6cd5d4_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1706/26346514730_6e15d9562e_z.jpg)
Davidia involucrata (the Handkerchief Tree)................
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1518/26346568540_211dcf1a6f_z.jpg)
Any ideas on this anyone?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1604/26527049752_238b3abf05_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1570/26619733755_2166452105_z.jpg)
And finally, Lamium orvala..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8843/26527146242_b219ac584a_z.jpg)
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My word - lots to see and enjoy - thanks!
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Any ideas on this anyone?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1604/26527049752_238b3abf05_z.jpg)
:o
I think it's Nonea lutea which can be an absolute thug. I weeded it out of our garden after its second season when nearly every seed from the previous year seemed to germinate; several seedlings still managed to appear even 5 or more years,
cheers
fermi
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My word - lots to see and enjoy - thanks!
To be honest it is all starting rather late this year. The Sophora davjdii (for example) only has barely visible flower buds at the moment.
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I think it's Nonea lutea which can be an absolute thug. I weeded it out of our garden after its second season when nearly every seed from the previous year seemed to germinate; several seedlings still managed to appear even 5 or more years,
cheers
fermi
It is. Thanks! I photographed the label but it was a pencil written one and it was unreadable in the photo.
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Some photos from todays visit.
On the walk there I decided to take the long way down Dead Mans Walk where I saw these two Echiums outside Merton College.................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8668/28439104541_be3923f060_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8821/28439105781_4346e35139_z.jpg)
Into the gardens proper and these two Eucomis wre in the porch. Eucomis zambesiaca.............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8773/28233536980_45f7faaaa8_z.jpg)
Eucomis vandermerwei...................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8309/28411529232_cd40e9e06e_z.jpg)
Tecomanthe dendrophylla..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8413/28411623052_3f46d30b7b_z.jpg)
A really large Crinum..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8760/27900641044_b589310110_z.jpg)
Goethea strictiflora was interesting. It is a member of the Mallow family and what you can see here are basically the bracts..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8800/28411700102_71de8eff56_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8118/28485346416_ea1c6bb9af_z.jpg)
Ruspolia seticalyx...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8713/28485477996_2608eb99fa_z.jpg)
Allamanda cathartica................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8615/28485483906_bb852ec241_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8239/27900901684_1d27d773d1_z.jpg)
Encyclia fragrans.................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8462/28485581546_2f49a0f23a_z.jpg)
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Anyone want to take a punt at this plant from the tropical house as I couldn't find the tag.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7665/28517351595_5513271e64_z.jpg)
My best guess is that it is in the Lobelioidea subfamily...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8822/28517349945_137d18b541_z.jpg)
Thunbergia mysorensis (AKA The Clock Vine)...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8876/28485600676_f5efa922b6_z.jpg)
Pachystachys lutea..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8716/28517438805_2e3f164116_z.jpg)
Heliconia stricta.............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8700/28412030172_09d76257f1_z.jpg)
Whitfieldia longifolia..................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8622/28412042962_e1672ce162_z.jpg)
I couldn't find the tag for this one either. One of the Gingers maybe..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8868/28439732411_a7fe60f995_z.jpg)
Solanum wendlandii...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8823/28234276450_fa43c76387_z.jpg)
Anigozanthos flavidus...........
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8660/28517695415_c24493c34e_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8400/27902116613_afdd53a12c_z.jpg)
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Anigozanthos flavidus........... 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Heading outdoors I was shocked to see Erythrina crista-galli in bloom.............
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7562/28485927666_501325bcc9_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8895/28485926126_2e8bde08a1_z.jpg)
Eryngium planum..............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8812/28517821505_cfdebee1c7_z.jpg)
Eremurus?
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8861/28440104501_d77f986477_z.jpg)
Colutea x media...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8187/28440144051_1ebb350c97_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8303/28486072866_d4c07a57d9_z.jpg)
An unknown Gladioli (?)species............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8577/28234510930_08aeef5a74_z.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7490/27901600714_461bd249f1_z.jpg)
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I had to turn the flash on for Salvia brevilabra as unusually for a Salvia it was growing in deep shade.............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8860/27902352233_d508bf6db6_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8574/27901623204_b9c5103eb9_z.jpg)
Impatiens balfourii...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8839/28440321021_fa51d15de6_z.jpg)
Solanum crispum............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8181/28412740412_d51e03ba23_z.jpg)
Digitalis stewartii...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8065/27901741714_ffd652137c_z.jpg)
Phlomis x margaritae...............
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8066/27901761924_db3abbdd6c_z.jpg)
I need an id for this Verbascum too. It was close to two and a half metres and multi-branched in habit.................
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8895/27901799404_489d7a9d38_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8601/27902562543_eb6135948f_z.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8025/27901796614_80b40899f2_z.jpg)
And that's it for today!
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Anigozanthos flavidus........... 8) 8) 8) 8)
I agree. I have a few coming along from seed so hopefully next year I'll have my own.
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Anigozanthos flavidus........... 8) 8) 8) 8)
I agree. I have a few coming along from seed so hopefully next year I'll have my own.
If you are in the area in November there is a special event at the RBG Cranbourne, a 3 day Kangaroo Paw Symposium!
https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/support/support-groups/friends-of-rbg/cranbourne/activities (https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/support/support-groups/friends-of-rbg/cranbourne/activities)
cheers
fermiu
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Verbascum olympicum?
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Verbascum looks a bit like 'Christo's Yellow Lightning', which I think is actually a true (if unidentified) species, the leaves are quite green on CYL rather than the golden effect of V. olympicum; but then there are so many Verbascum species & they all look the same
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The Colutea is Colutea X media "Copper Beauty" ... I grow it in my garden too
Hans 8)
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Verbascum looks a bit like 'Christo's Yellow Lightning', which I think is actually a true (if unidentified) species, the leaves are quite green on CYL rather than the golden effect of V. olympicum; but then there are so many Verbascum species & they all look the same
As grown at Great Dixter.
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Verbascum olympicum?
Verbascum looks a bit like 'Christo's Yellow Lightning', which I think is actually a true (if unidentified) species, the leaves are quite green on CYL rather than the golden effect of V. olympicum; but then there are so many Verbascum species & they all look the same
Thanks chaps. That looks like the one.
The Colutea is Colutea X media "Copper Beauty" ... I grow it in my garden too
Hans 8)
That was probably the bit that I couldn't read on the tag.
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Christopher Lloyd ("Christo") grew the species Verbascum olympicum at Great Dixter and it is still grown there today: see this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-ZSJV6eUY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-ZSJV6eUY)
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Thanks Meanie. Loved the pics. So many blooms i saw for the first time.