Sweet Pepper trial now finished. Trials team cleared them out yesterday, I'm now in the process of cleaning the glasshouse in preparation for plants returning from the garden for overwintering.

Rostrinucula dependens caught my eye this morning whilst watering.

Gomesa radicans, a beautiful miniature orchid. Saw one at work, so bought one online for the terrarium. Look forward to the day it flowers.

Bonzai show at rhs wisley this weekend.

Don't judge me. I've walked across two islands, up & down steep treacherous hills. That's my excuse & I'm sticking to it 😋

Monochrome

Tresco Abbey Gardens & Island walks.

A few snaps from St Martin's on the Isles of Scilly.

Not in Devon or Cornwall, so no argument to be had. Do it which ever way you like. 😋

If anyone wants me, I'll be right here.

Back on the Isles of Scilly for a few days. 3rd time in a year, Starting to feel more like home.

Echinacea #garden #UKgardening

No plans this morning when I first woke up. Decided on a trip into the city to see some of the horticultural highlights that I've been wanting to visit for sometime. Crossrail Place Roof Garden. Eden Dock Greenwich Park River cruise St Paul's Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum

No plans this morning when I first woke up. Decided on a trip into the city to see some of the horticultural highlights that I've been wanting to visit for sometime. Crossrail Place Roof Garden. Eden Dock Greenwich Park River cruise St Paul's Evolution Garden, Natural History Museum

Sweet Peppers still cropping well, with a possible 18 AGM's 🏆 on the cards. The trials team have been brix testing today, recording the sugar content.

Things are hotting up in the Exotic garden at #Wisley #Gardening #ukgardening

Breakfast on the go this morning whilst watering down on the nursery rhs wisley.

Maintenance work done on the terrarium. A little pruning here & there & given a good misting. Difficult not to get drawn in & transported to another world. #Terrarium #ukgardening

A few snaps from the glasshouse. #Garden #flowers #ukgardening Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Simple Pleasures' Passiflora violacea Strongylodon macrobotrys Brassia Eternal Wind gx Justicia carnea Globba schomburgkii Pachypodium lamerei Wilsonara Sussex Gold Crassula perfoliata var. Falcata Toad

Gloriosa superba.

Not on my bingo card for work this week, finding a tortoise on the nursery 🐢 Has been reunited with its owners.

Quietly getting on Installing a new heated propagation bench & colleagues come along & put cuttings under within 30min of completing it, what a cheek 😝 😂. #gardening #ukgardening #propagation #rhswisley

Bees appear to have created a hive under the Air-pot pot

Evening all. Its been a while since i last posted on here, hope you're all keeping well. Its great to have some rain at last. The garden is awash with colour. #gardenshour

Going around in circles today, re propagating plant material that failed due to the heatwave. #ukGardening #wisley

Quick walk around the garden, Dodging the showers. #rhswisley #ukGardening #wisley

Sizzlington 🔥 aka Bridlington

Last September i split one Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii' into quarters. One survived overwinter. Today I separated out 8 individual propagules & potted them up. They should make good plants for the Exotic & Edibles garden in the coming years at rhswisley.

Sweet Pepper trial coming on a treat, some impressively sized peppers. All grown Peat free. Biological control for pest management. (No chemicals) liquid feed, maxicrop (seaweed) #RHSWISLEY #gardening #Peatfree

Feeling a tad hot outside.

Warming up already. ☀ 🔥 🌡🥵 Try to stay indoors between 11:00 - 15:00, slap that lotion on & stay hydrated. look after yourself & each other today.

Busy bee collecting pollen from Echinops.

Terrarium project update. Plants settling in well, got a couple of bulbophyllum to add in a few days. Really happy with the progress. #Terrarium #HousePlants #Gardening #Horticulture

Here's a few pics from a visit earlier this week to Woolbeding garden part of the NT.

So much colour popping across the garden. The Piet Oudolf landscape is looking fantastic #Wisley

A few highlights from a walk around the garden this morning.

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at the Tate. Always moving & poignant.

Liriodendron tulipifera

Productive weekend, potting & tidying through the glasshouses, updating both propagation & nursery stock lists. Mowing & strimming around the nursery. Finishing off with a bit of weeding on the Tapestry lawn.

Hello Sweet pea

Red Admiral Butterfly 🦋

Perks of the job, be rude not to have a sample

Lavender propagation 1,780 cuttings consisting of both angustifolia & x intermedia cvs

Moving out tender perennials for hardening off before they head out into the garden.

Planting stages of the terrarium project. Finished for now but always room to add more plants at a later date.

Weekend project. Building on a simple idea of a Tillandsia display, I've created a Terrarium by converting an IKEA cabinet, expanding foam, various growing media & driftwood.

The bearded Iris appear to be two weeks early than usual this year. Usually flower the week before chelsea flower show.

Time to get moving. Moving out plants that have been overwintering in the glasshouse, before they head back into the garden #rhswisley

The Tapestry lawn has been reinstated @rhswisley, taking it back to it's original design. Planting consists of Ajuga, Viola, Lysimachia, Thyme, Chamomile, pratia, amongst other things with a few more plants to go in at a later date. A great job from both the propagating & nursery team & GSS.

Wisteria floribunda 'Kimono' & 'kokuryu' adorn the wisteria arch #RHSWisley