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Gardens, KewSeasonal features at Wakehurst Place


Seasonal features at Wakehurst Place


January

Winter Garden

Winter Garden
Dogwoods (Cornus) and Witch hazels (Hamamelis) in the Specimen Beds area.


February

Winter Garden

Daffodils (Narcissus) in the Gardens' entrance area

Crocuses in Slips


March

Winter Garden

Daffodils (Narcissus) in the Gardens' entrance area and above the Slips

Primroses (Primula vulgaris) and ladies smock (Cardamine pratensis) in Bethlehem Wood


April

Magnolias and Pieris in the Slips

Primroses (Primula vulgaris) and ladies smock (Cardamine pratensis) in Bethlehem Wood

Spring bedding in the Pleasaunce

Rhododendrons in Westwood Valley


May

Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Horsebridge Wood

Rhododendrons and early wild flowers in Westwood Valley

Herbaceous plantings in the Water Garden

Chilean fire bush (Embothrium coccineum) in the Southern Hemisphere Garden


June

Giant Himalayan lilies (Cardiocrinum giganteum), blue poppies (Meconopsis) and Primula in the Water Garden

Wild flowers including common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) in Westwood Valley

Various shrubs in the Specimen Beds


July

Sir Henry Price Garden

Mixed cottage plantings in the Sir Henry Price Garden

Summer bedding in the Pleasaunce

Mixed herbaceous plantings in the Water Garden

Wild flowers in Westwood Valley

Tender plantings in the West Mansion Border


August

Mixed cottage plantings in the Sir Henry Price Garden

Summer bedding in the Pleasaunce

Mixed herbaceous plantings in the Water Garden

Wild flowers in Westwood Valley

Tender plantings in the West Mansion Border

Hypericum, Hydrangea and Agapanthus in the Specimen Beds

Hedychium in the Monocotyledon Border

Eucryphia in the Southern Hemisphere Garden

September

Mixed cottage plantings in the Sir Henry Price Garden

Summer bedding in the Pleasaunce

Tender plantings in the West Mansion Border

Polygonum affine in the Slips Polygonum vacciniifolium in the Himalayan Glade


October

Autumn colour in the Oaks, the Slips, Westwood Valley and Horsebridge Wood

Seed heads of giant Himalayan lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum ) and other plants in the Water Garden


November

Autumn colour in the Oaks, Slips, Westwood Valley and Horsebridge Wood

Winter Garden


December

Winter Garden


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