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Plant of the Day
Monday 29 May 2023
The distinctive Tulipa 'Queen Of Night' (tulip) has deep maroon, almost black flowers. These look good with light-coloured tulips in a border or in a container against a pale wall.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Sunday 14 May 2023
A range of Tulipa (tulip) cultivars create an eye-catching display in the raised beds of Inverness Botanic Garden, Scotland. They were under planted with blue flowering Viola (pansy) and Myosotis sylvatica (forget-me-not) cultivars.
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Plant of the Day
Friday 31 March 2023
In the protection of a cool glasshouse Bergenia emeiensis is producing these sophisticated white flowers on arching pink stems. This evergreen perennial forms a rhizomatous clump with large, green foliage that turns a brilliant shade of red in autumn and winter.
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jillraggett · 10 months
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Plant of the Day
Friday 19 May 2023
The velvety rounded leaves of Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle) capture the raindrops. This clump-forming perennial produces sprays of tiny yellow-green flowers in the summer. It is a valuable plant for edging a border, if it produces too many seedlings then remove the flower heads.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 10 months
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Plant of the Day
Sunday 21 May 2023
This stone container complimented the planting of the grey succulent Sedum spathulifolium 'Cape Blanco' (spoon-leaved stonecrop). This plant has fleshy rosettes which have a white bloom which intensifies with drought and in summer there are yellow flowers.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Saturday 22 April 2023
The British native perennial Taraxacum officinalis (dandelion) is in flower. This plant is able to grow in compacted ground where it provides bright yellow blooms and ‘clock’ seed-heads. It is a welcome source of nectar and pollen for many insects.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Monday 9 January 2023
The moss does a great job outlining these pavers on a street in Inverness, Scotland. Plants are capable of finding even the smallest space to grow in an urban environment.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 16 May 2023
These deep-maroon purple flowers edged with white may well be the cultivar Tulipa 'Jackpot' or Tulipa ‘Alexander Pushkin’ (tulip). These blooms seemed a great plant association with the aniseed-scented perennial Myrrhis odorata (sweet cicely, myrrh, sweet bracken, sweet chervil, sweet fern, sweet Mary) contrasting both form and colour.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Thursday 20 April 2023
The dramatic flowers of the South African Strelitzia reginae (bird of paradise) are pollinated by birds and the flowers have sturdy stems that can bear the weight of several birds at a time.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 25 April 2023
The path in the tropical glasshouse at Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, has been temporarily closed to protect the flower buds of Strongylodon macrobotrys (jade vine, emerald vine, emerald creeper). This vigorous evergreen climber has unique blue-green coloured flowers on long pendent racemes reaching up to 90cm in length.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 10 months
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Plant of the Day
Monday 22 May 2023
In the cacti house of Inverness Botanic Garden the Mammillaria hahniana (old lady cactus, old lady of Mexico, old lady pincushion) was forming a crown of flowers. The stems form a globe-shape covered in fine white spines and white down.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 1 year
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Plant of the Day
Thursday 6 April 2023
Crocus flower from late-winter to early spring, providing a much-needed source of nectar and pollen for queen bumblebees emerging from hibernation. This lawn has a blend of Crocus × cultorum 'Pickwick' (purple-striped flowers with orange stamens and stigma), Crocus x cultorum 'Jeanne D'Arc' (white flowers with a purple stain) and Crocus vernus 'Flower Record' (purple flowers).
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Wednesday 26 April 2023
An early spring bulb that continues to bloom as the season progresses Scilla forbesii (Forbes' squill, glory-of-the-snow) has one sided racemes of star-like blue flowers with white centres. This plant from west Turkey is useful for rock gardens, raised beds and the front of borders.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Friday 26 May 2023
The herbaceous perennial Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' (Siberian bugloss) made the perfect planting near this front door with sprays of small blue flowers that matched the paint work. The heart-shaped silver leaves provide addition interest as they are edged and veined with green.
Jill Raggett
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jillraggett · 11 months
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Plant of the Day
Wednesday 19 April 2023
In the cool glasshouse at Cambridge Botanic Garden the Erica canaliculata (channelled heath, hairy grey heather) was covered in flowers. This species is native to the East and West Capes of South Africa and naturalised in South Australia.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Saturday 25 March 2023
Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii (primrose) differs from the species Primula vulgaris (primrose) in having rose-pink, red, lilac, or white flowers, and is limited in its natural distribution to the Balkans. This subspecies is named in honour of John Sibthorp (1758-96) who was Professor of Botany at Oxford, UK.
Jill Raggett
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