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An absolutely enormous Eupatorium purpureum ssp maculatum atropurpureum--over seven feet high--in the Penelope Hobhouse designed Country Garden. Fortunately this huge plant had been given a sufficiently huge space near the edge of the Garden.
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Enormous Eupatorium
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Kniphofia and Helianthus
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Also in the Hobhouse Country Garden was this hot-hot combination of Kniphofia nobilis and Helianthus 'Capenoch Star.'
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Enjoying my morning snack at the Cafe, I spied--or I should say, I couldn't miss-- this, the hottest duo yet, across the Seven Acre lawn.
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Kniphofia sp. and Crinum x Powellii
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Crinum x Powellii 'Album'
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Between a couple of the greenhouses were the white Crinum x Powellii 'Album' and the pink Crinum x Powellii in the background.
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Backing up and shifting our view a bit, we see just the Crinums shown above.
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Crinum x Powellii
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Crinum x Powellii
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And being so captivated by the Crinums--grown outdoors!---here is the close-up. Like most of our photos, it is even better if you click on it to see the larger photo.
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Now I am getting really upset. Two plants together--neither of which I could grow at home! Agapanthus inapertus sbsp hollandii--which likes it dry-- growing under a Eucalyptus glaucescens--Tingiringi Gum. This duo was found in the Mediterranean garden over the crest of Battleston Hill.
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Agapanthus and Eucalyptus
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Huge Agapanthus
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The last Agapanthus we show at Wisley, many of this group were over five feet tall. And although we have shown several Agapanthus, we were a bit late for the majority of them. Many more not shown had just finished blooming and their seed pods were forming.
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There were a number of striking Penstemons in the beds in the "Canal" area. This was one of my favorites--Penstemon 'Port Wine.'
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Penstemon
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Cyclamen hederifolium
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There was a huge drift of these Cyclamen hederifolium--a south European native, naturalized in the UK-- not too far from the Rock Garden. The Rock Garden itself is incredible--but we are saving it for a spring report.
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A bed of Colchicum sp. around the base of Nyssa sylvatica 'Wisley Bonfire.'
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Colchicum sp.
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Hedychium sp.
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At least some of the tropical plants that we grow outdoors in the summer in the Northeast remain under glass in the UK.
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One of the display greenhouses--actually the greenhouse that has the "beyond belief" Schizanthus display in May--had turned into a riot of Fuschias. Hanging everywhere and covering every bench, they were simply amazing. Above is 'Fuschia Yuletide.'
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Fuschia Madness
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Tibouchina multiflora
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This unusual species of Tibouchina growing under glass caught my attention for its flower stalks that are much more formal than T. semidecanda, the species I am familiar with.
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