Blue skies, warm sun and a stiff breeze!

It was much cooler thanks to the wind than it appeared, but I spent a lovely few hours again at Kew today..
here are some of the photos from today's visit... sit back and enjoy.

allium

 geranium

 waterlily, everything in the waterlily house was looking gorgeous today

 petunias growing all round the edge of the waterlily pond

escaped the humid warmth of the waterlily house to the rose garden - wish you could have smelt them!

the Palm House looking good today, fluffy white clouds scurrying by in the stiff breeze

 inside, taken up to the sky outside

 a large family of baby geese sunning themselves

 flowers (or are they fruit?) on a pine tree

 cistus - rock rose - loads of varieties, all beautiful

 a favourite this one,

this had leaves looking very like sage, but couldn't find a label.  was growing with the cistus

 sage or not, it was beautiful!
*edit - thanks to Sue and Tracy on FB - this is Phlomis

 Chinese Fringe tree - never seen this before, stunning!

 just look at it!  no wonder it's called the fringe tree!

 acer, leaves brightly lit in the sun

 loads of California Poppies all over the place, did lots of lying down low to get these shots against the sky

 outside the Princess of Wales glasshouse

 these were beautiful little white flowers, the bush was covered!

 Peonies, now... they've come on a load since last visit.

 another favourite

 arum

 more poppies, more lying on the ground!

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 yellow horned poppy

 the wind kept blowing!

 a red poppy, but with the sun backlighting it, looks so transaprent!

love poppies!

 not sure what these were, covered in insects too!

 cotton tail

 blue geranium

 gorgeous peony with a hint of pink edging the petals

 close up of an allium head

 more crouching down!

 sign at the entrance to a garden

 sophora - these were beautiful, delicate blue and white flowers.  the tree was covered in them.

a lady asked if I was a professional photographer!
(she was Italian I think)

sweet chestnut

 more roses, I'd walked in a huge circle

so many today,


where shall we go next time?!