My weekly visit to Kew today was meant to be very wet but yay! mostly dry and just a little drizzle... took lots and lots of photos (what's new!) - hope you enjoy.
it was reasonably bright without being sunny
went partway down the Broad Walk first
then round to the Evolution Garden
day lily
the purple poppy is a bit blurry, but it's such a pretty colour I couldn't leave it out!
everything is so tall!
always fab to see the echinacea back!
calycanthus
roses, of course
the lavender smelled beautiful
love the colour of these alliums
Duke's Garden
day lilies
I adore hardy geraniums
alpine house from the grass garden
coleus, outside the Princess of Wales - looks like it's been paint spattered - or "pox'd" as Dina Wakley would say!
smoke bush
wildflower meadow at the Hive
then cut back to the Broad Walk,
and past the end of the Palm House where the geese were cutting the grass!
and through a sweet smelling rose garden
then across the grass past a few small funghi - this was one of the bigger ones
they were enjoying the lush, damp grass
past the Mediterranean garden
broom
the poppies by the steps at the Temperate House are still flourishing
then I went and had a rest on "please be seated" - it started drizzling after a few minutes but I'd been lucky it had held off so long
so I walked across to the meadows installation and peeked through some holes in planting
this is how the Temperate House looks through it
and soon the doors opened and we could escape the drizzle
there was a coral-pink passionflower in bloom this week
I didn't get such good macro shots today, think my eyes weren't working to check the focus well!
I think this looks even better this week
you can see how high it grows
then I came across a little clump of funghi
they looked as if they'd toppled backwards in the soil
phone ones
when I got to the other end it appeared to have just about stopped raining again
so I headed back towards the entrance
(stopping at the sand dunes installation
the fountain was on a sporadic setting today!
outside the waterlily house
lotus flower
then took my one-way walk round the pond
Nepenthes (carnivorous plants) in a hanging basket
back outside, the fountain was on
so I walked that way
and had to wait till it came back on again
then into the Princess of Wales glasshouse
past a spiky cactus
it's grown a lot!
fabulous markings on this orchid
lily in the alpine house
sempervivium (house leeks)
still drizzling as I walked through the rock garden
then back round the pond again on my way to the loo and then refreshments!
I sat on a (damp) wall to eat my cake and coffee - not quite as milky this week Julia!
then along the path in front of the Palm House
looking at the urns on the edge of the pond
then it was time to leave -
I was home just in time for the ladies final at the Wimbledon tennis championships.
