Macro maple samaras Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki', Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium', Acer palmatum 'Jordan', Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' #JapaneseMaple #Acer #Samaras #MacroBotany #LondonBotanica

Drama and delicacy. Neighbourhood roses and blackberry blossom at the allotment. Rosa sp., Rubus fruticosus. #roses #blackberry #LondonGardens

Staghorn ferns are epiphytes from tropical Australia and SE Asia (these came from B&Q). Mine are on coconut coir in my humid greenhouse. The pale fronds are new shield fronds — they anchor the plant and trap debris and water for nutrients. Platycerium #Ferns #Epiphytes #Staghorn #LondonGarden

#SixOnSaturday from the bonsai bench. Acer palmatum, Larix sp., Pinus sp., Wisteria sp., Aesculus hippocastanum, Quercus robur. #bonsai #SixOnSaturday #GardenersWorld

🎵 One of these things is not like the others 🎵 Celastrina argiolus, Geranium magnificum, Geranium endressii, Eschscholzia californica. #wildlife #gardening #butterflies #nature

Hawthorn at Roehampton Gate, Richmond Park — exceptionally floriferous this year. Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and the pink double cultivar 'Paul's Scarlet' (Crataegus laevigata). #Hawthorn #RichmondPark #MayBlossom

Kew's titan arum in bloom — frilled purple spathe, towering yellow spadix. Famously smells of rotting flesh, though I couldn't tell you as I'm recovering from COVID. Amorphophallus titanum #TitanArum #CorpseFlower #Kew #KewGardens #LondonBotanica

Handkerchief trees at the Watergardens, Kingston. Nine acres of Japanese landscaping originally laid out by the Veitch family in the 1860s as part of Coombe Wood Nursery — the very firm that introduced Davidia involucrata to Britain. #botany #london #spring #plants #davidia

Japanese rainbow. Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise', A. palmatum 'Atropurpureum', A. p. 'Phoenix', A. p. var. dissectum, A. shirasawanum 'Jordan', A. p. 'Koto-no-ito'. #SixOnSaturday #botany #london #spring #acer

Horse chestnut shohin (small) bonsai #aesculus #londongardens #spring

Another day at Kew. Tulip meadow by the Temperate House, fresh spruce cone & needles, horse chestnut candle and a mute swan dozing in the sun. Tulipa spp., Picea abies, Aesculus sp., Cygnus olor. #botany #london #spring #kew

Pink profusion at Kew. Lily-flowered tulips (Tulipa sp.), Kurume azalea Rhododendron 'Ho-o', and two flowering cherries — Prunus 'Yae-murasaki' and Prunus 'Amanogawa'. 🌸 #KewGardens #Kew #SpringBlossom #Sakura #LondonBotanica

Four shades of spring green. Parrotia, ginkgo, hop hornbeam, wood spurge. Parrotia persica, Ginkgo biloba, Ostrya carpinifolia, Euphorbia amygdaloides #botany #london #spring #plants

Tulip season in full swing. Lily-flowered, fringed, and double late forms showing what the genus is capable of — and a Dicksonia antarctica crozier getting on with spring. Tulipa cvs · Dicksonia antarctica #tulips #tulipa #treefern #dicksoniaantarctica #londongardens #spring #botanicalphotography

Spring walk. Pink bluebell, crab apple blossom on a street in Bath, tulip magnolia, and an illuminated poppy. Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Malus sp., Magnolia × soulangeana, Papaver sp. #london #botanica #spring #bluebell #crabapple #magnolia #poppy

Japanese maples unfurling in three very different moods, plus the crab apple doing its annual show-off. Acer shirasawanum 'Jordan', Acer palmatum 'Kinshi', Malus sp. #JapanesMaple #CrabApple #SpringGarden #LondonGarden #AcerPalmatum #AcerShirasawanum #Malus #London

Spring leaves & flowers on the bonsai table. Japanese maple, Crabapple, Hawthorn, another JM

Twickenham Bonsai Club's tree of the month — flowering bonsai in full spring form. Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa), kusamono with creeping phlox (Phlox subulata), and crab apple (Malus sp.). #bonsai #flowering #springblossom #kusamono #londonbotanica

April on the allotment. Apple, cherry, and pear doing the expected thing — and rhubarb being its own weird self. Malus domestica · Prunus avium · Pyrus communis · Rheum × hybridum #AllotmentLife #SpringBlossom #AppleBlossom #CherryBlossom #PearBlossom #Rhubarb #LondonGrows #LondonBotanica

More macro in the garden: maple leaves, larch cone & maple blossom. Japanese maple, larch, maple (Acer palmatum, Larix sp., Acer sp.) #LondonBotanica #Botany #MacroPhotography #SpringWatch #Trees

Macro lens in the garden. Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) · Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) · Fullmoon maple (Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium') · Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) #spring #botany #london #hawthorn #wollemipine #maple #pine

Easter Sunday sun at Kew. Tulips (Tulipa) under cherry blossom (Prunus), iris (Iris sp.), banana flower (Ensete ventricosum), and a lady's slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum sp.). #kewgardens #spring #tulips #iris #orchid #easter

Neighbourhood walk. White and blue English bluebells, arabis, aubrieta — Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Arabis caucasica, Aubrieta deltoidea #Bluebells #Arabis #Aubrieta #SpringFlowers #LondonBotanica

Lobster claw red to tulip pink. Kew Gardens, early Spring. Lobster claw heliconia, banana blossom, rose grape, pink tulip. Heliconia rostrata · Musa sp. · Medinilla magnifica · Tulipa sp. #Kew #KewGardens #SpringFlowers #TropicalPlants #Botany

April in full colour. Bluebells, three-cornered leek, tulips and grape hyacinth in the front garden. Hyacinthoides hispanica · Allium triquetrum · Tulipa · Muscari armeniacum #londonbotanica #springflowers #botanicalphotography #london

Spring stirs in the greenhouse. Wollemi pine seedling, grapevine setting its first berries, ginkgo unfurling, and cephalotaxus putting out fresh needles. Wollemia nobilis · Vitis vinifera · Ginkgo biloba · Cephalotaxus sp. #londongarden #botanica #spring #greenhouse

New cones on Japanese white pine. Crab apple bonsai in first blossom. Camellia holding its own. London, late March. 🌲 Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora) 🌸 Crab Apple (Malus sp.) 🤍 White Camellia (Camellia japonica) #SpringBlossom #Bonsai #Camellia #LondonBotanica

Japanese maples waking up in rainbow colours #japanesegarden #londongarden #acerjaponica

Spring bonsai: Crabapple, Ginkgo & moss, Japanese maple & Lego plum blossom

A final Perth snapshot: Silver Princess leaf, grevillea, Eucalyptus mcquoidii, unsure-of-the-variety Eucalyptus nut #perthwa #kingspark #southterrace

Kings Park, Perth: Eucalyptus rhodantha, Sturt's desert pea, Honky nuts (Marri) including one demolished by a black cockatoo, and Banksia rosserae

'Cockies Tongues' (Templetonia retusa), 'Dead Man's Fingers' (Codium galeatum), Hibiscus and Melaleuca bark, Western Australia

More Perth prettiness: Frangipane, flowering gums, hibiscus

Grevillea & Frangipani, Perth WA

Spring buds: Koji-no-mai Prunus incisa (cherry), Crataegus (hawthorn), Malus (crabapple) and Larix (larch) pollen cones #londongarden

Path bulbs

Chinese quince, flowered a few days too late for the bonsai show 😭

Twickenham bonsai club winter show: my shohin stand (and a couple of ring ins alongside). Cedar, spruce, juniper, quince, azalea on the stand. Then cork bark elm on the left and (I think) privet on the right.

Twickenham bonsai club winter show - accent plants

Mike's Christmas pineapple #ananas

Bougainvillea brightening up the kitchen with a new flush

Pearcea hypocyrtiflora, Chamaedorea (bamboo palm), anthurium X2 at the Amazon Spheres, Seattle.

Iridaceae 'Nico' in the Alpine House at Kew Gardens, amazing flowers look like they are made of porcelain or glass #kewgardens #iris #alpines

Monkey's tail cactus Cleistocactus colademononis

Juniper bonsai & lantern #londongarden

Nyssa sylvatica at the Plantation, Bougainvillea and roses from the greenhouse/garden

Conifers at Salesforce Park San Francisco: Araucaria columnaris (New Caledonian pine) x2, Wollemia nobilis, weeping Sequoiadendron giganteum.

Autumnal: Acer palmatum dissectum, Ginkgo biloba, Taxodium distichum, Hamamelis intermedia #londongardens #autumn #anthocyanins

Autumn colour: rose, sedum, pelargonium & a last hurrah bougainvillea

Roses, chillies and quince #londongarden #londonallotment