Oxford Botanic Gardens (piccy heavy)

there are a few in there. It was the first time that I'd seen one in bloom.

It will be. It will be in bloom until deep into autumn at least.

There is a good chance that it will be.

 

how have i not visited here before! sorry if its been asked but is there an entry fee?

 

It has an entrance fee but as I have a season ticket I don't know how much.

 

Another visit today and there is now more to see.
In the porch;
Tulipa acuminata....................


Velthemia bracteata.................




Pleione formosana...............


Fritillaria pontica...............


In the passageway between the glasshouses;
Columnea schiedeana..............




Odontonema schomburgkianum..................


Russelia equisetiformis....................


Billbergia viridiflora.................


Solanum seaforthianum................


Tecomanthe dendrophylla...............


Clytostoma callistegioides.............

 

Into the glasshouses proper now;
Quesnelia liboniana (which is a Bromeliad)...................


In all the time that I've been visiting today was the first time that I noticed Brownea macrophylla in bloom............


Eulophia guineensis..............


Strongylodon macrobotrys is not quite in bloom yet..............


Gerbera jamesonii.............

 

Now the outdoor photos;
Asphodelus albus..............


Iris magnifica................




Erythronium tuolumnense..................


Camassia looking good..............


The Gunnera is bursting back into life..............

 

Last few now;
Lysichiton americanus..............


Vinca major var. Oxyloba is a Perriwinkle that I could like but like the other species this one appears a bit thuggish.................


Fritillaria imperialis.............


I hadn't expected to see a Kniphofia in bloom today.............


Sophora microphylla..............






Davidia involucrata (the Handkerchief Tree)................


Any ideas on this anyone? Edit - it's Nonea lutea.




And finally, Lamium orvala..............

 

My Sophora is all leaf and few flowers unlike the one in your photo.

I don't recognise the hairy one either.

That Lamium has an exotic looking flower, I've never seen it before.

 

Did I read somewhere that you've seen -7°c this winter? That would explain it maybe.

Nonea lutea. Must edit the post

Quite large for a Lamium as well.

 

Sorry to drag up an old thread but I was there on Sunday. The Geranium is in full flower right now!

Edit, in my excitement I skipped out of the thread to write this post. I see you saw it in flower recently [emoji23]

 

Feel free to add your photos. The Strongylodon must have been in bloom.

 

Don't remember seeing the Strongylodon. Mustn't have been in flower yet.

The Glasshouses




Pleiones

 

Lily Pond




Aechmaea fasciata


Nepenthes hybrid

 

cactus house











Carnivorous plants

Heliamphora



Drosera rotundifolia

 

You missed it
This was one of the racemes the week before.............


Here's a photo from a couple of years ago................