You get a two-fer today... I was always going to Kew again today (won't be going for two weeks, next Saturday I am going to the Hampton Court Flower Show and the Saturday after that I'm going to Wimbledon) the next post will be something a little different - I am splitting the day into two, as there are way too many pictures for one post.
Arrived at 8.am as usual, quite dull still, but not cold - settle back and enjoy
my starting photo, the bedding is fully in flower now
huge numbers of geese still sleeping on the path
headed for the Broad Walk.. all to myself so far...
concentrating on close ups first of all...witha variety of lenses on
beautiful scabious again..
not sure what these are, but I love them!
very early, obviously, but the bees were busy everywhere
lovely drifts of purple and yellow
and purple and pinky white
the bees loved this, but were too quick for my lens!
walk past this every time I visit, went to look at the sign behind it - it's a replica of the Medici vase that is in the Uffizi gallery in Florence.
the wildflower meadow round the Hive is stunning right now, the big ox-eye daisies are finished, but there is loads of new colour coming through..
lush!
got to love a cornflower
heading round to the Family beds now -
I think I prefer this flower from the back..
although it's face is quite pretty too!
stunning hemerocallis (day lily) - more of them later!
there are still some beautiful roses on the pergola
looking across the grass garden to the Alpine house
Love borage - not just because it's fab in Pimms!
so do the bees..
the bed was crammed full of flowers!
I spent ages trying to get an arty shot of these against the wall!
gorgeous seed heads
bright clashing colours, love them!
I love this bench, especially with the ultra wide angle emphasising the curve
pretty penstemon.
closing in on the day lily centre
the petals reminded me of a ballerina's skirt
right in the centre of that gorgeous pink poppy from last week
lupin
bullrushes outside the POW house
the bedding in front of the Palm House (have walked in a big circle!)
the peacock outside the Victoria Gate cafe
beautiful roses in the Rose Garden
was waiting for 10 am when the POW opened it's doors (they don't open the glasshouses until normal opening hours) - to see the giant Titan Arum that flowered this week.
Nicknamed the Big Stink (the flower smells like rotting meat)
the flower spike then collapses..
cocoa pods
heading for the exit now, only 10.30 but I had somewhere else I was heading as well today...
heading for the exit now, only 10.30 but I had somewhere else I was heading as well today...