The intended destination for this year's Garden Tour in mid June was Kent, with 2 nights spent near Margate and 2 nights near Tonbridge looking at gardens and galleries in the area. The newly opened visitor centre at Wisley made a handy stopping off point for lunch, it had only been opened three days when we visited. The highlight that day as far as I was concerned were the huge pots by the entrance to the new cafe and shop:
I love the pots and the mixture of Salvias, Delphiniums and Jasmine with variegated ivy softening the edges works fabulously. I wonder how often they will have to be replanted? The Paeonies seen below were gorgeous
There's also a sculpture exhibition at Wisley below this is Locking Piece by Henry Moore.
There were lots of glorious Alliums
and air plants in the tropical house
In a wild gravel garden, next to some Dieramas were these lovely plants, with no labels, does anyone know what they are?
These are lovely as well, prickly with light mauve flowers
The long borders were very good, but hard to photograph, so I haven't included them.
I particularly liked Alliums planted together like this:
Bees loved the dense flowers of Allium Ambassador, they're not in evidence in the photo because it was cold and wet on the day we visited and the bees were mostly hiding
Fabulous Cornus kousa 'John Slocock' flowers planted in recognition of the Surrey Horticultural Progress Club's 50th Anniversary in 1995
I liked this sculpture by Mark Swan entitled 'Dive'.
and this sculpture seen through an archway
Here they are in close up. They're by Michael Speller
In the wild meadow there were orchids
The 'cliffs' below the alpine houses were lovely as usual
With lovely planting beside the waterfalls
and isn't this a lovely idea?
The rock gardens are fabulous
and this Helianthemum was peaking when we were there
Just look inside the alpine houses. Perfection.
Lovely flowers on this cactus
This Sempervivum excelled itself
I couldn't quite see how this could be a Euphorbia, but then I'm not a taxonomist
I'll finish with the view of the fountain at Wisley, always a good photograph, but challenging in the conditions on the day.
The plant sales are great, I particularly liked the alpine selection. Lunch was very tasty, and there was lots to see, I would like a few more labels on unusual, fascinating plants.
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