Oxford Botanic Gardens (piccy heavy)

Lovely pictures LongK - thank you - its the next best thing to being there.

Clerodendrum splendens
I love this one, but wouldn't know how to get hold of one. But one drawback is that I have read that it has to get pretty tall, and hence a good age perhaps, before it will flower.

Allamanda cathartica
I have no more room for any climbers, but I still fancy this

Oxypetalum coeruleum
Tweedia caerulea - I still can't get around the name changes. I grew that for a couple of year - must have another go

Thunbergia mysorensis
Thanks LongK its not as fast a grower as other Thunbergias. Mine is not much more than a foot high.

Cubanola domingensis
I just read yesterday, doing a bit of research, it only grows 4 to 5 inches a year. In which case mine is behind schedule . Did you know there is a red version Portlandia( its new name) coccinea. I can't see any seeds around.

Hibiscus schizopetalus
I love that one

I really appreciate the pictures.

 

Easy if you're in the States!

You hero!!

Fear not - so is mine!

Nice find!

Me too - my favourite Hibiscus

I enjoy taking them!

 

More from outdoors;
The Merton Border is to my eyes a mess. I appreciate the aims (click here for more), but as well as being an educational & scientific facility the botanic gardens are a tourist attraction. It's a shame so much space has been turned over to it...................


There are one or two choice plants in there though including this thistle like plant.............




More exotic planting................


Canna (not sure of the species/cultivar)..................


Salvia (involucrata I think)..................


Another unknown Salvia..............


Salvia oxyphora (described to me by someone on another forum as looking like Barbara Cartlands slippers)......................

 

Thats lovely and unusal,how does progress? no leaves?

Just love it,im getting a pastel fetish,great photo x

Again,love it,gorgeous colour

Is that from the brugmansia family?
Fantastic pictures Longk Thanks
x

 

great pics x

 

It's a succulent with sparse leaves.
There are two that are common in GC's;
C.woodii..............

Very easy to grow, mine is outdoors for the summer.

And C.sandersonii..................

More fussy, I gave mine away as it never adapted to this house.

Coffee family actually!

Thanks! More to come.

 

I think that one is Salvia atrocyanea. Its one of my favorite Salvias. I don't have any seeds, but I can probably find you a tuber if you are interested.

 

That's how mine looked last year when I grew them, lovingly, from seed and planted out. They need to let them self seed, they'll be monsters next year

 

Thanks! I would love one

This area is a bedding area where they change the display every year. They may have a few unexpected guests next year

 

Here's a stooled Paulownia tomentosa seedling...................


And here on the parent tree are the seed pods and next springs flower buds growing side by side.................


The last bloom on the Magnolia grandiflora....................


The Leonotis nepetifolia look far better than mine do.......................


Phlomis is a plant I was never that keen on but this one is rather nice.................


Salvia brevilabra is a stunner! Must get some seed for this.......................


Cobea scandens...................




Arty shot of Colchicum...................


The Gunnera...................


Clerodendrum bungei..................


And finally, for @Jenny namaste , I spotted this grape coloured Salvia.......................

 

I would hope to find one a little darker than that - if possible Keith. I loved Barbara Cartland's slippers....
thanks for sharing your visit with us all,
Jenny

 

Lovely pics!
I've visited there twice this year. Each time without a camera. It really is worth a visit and there is always something interesting to see.

 

Dysons Nurseries will probably be your best bet.

It was a great description wasn't it!

I agree. I have a season ticket and pop in several times a year (always with camera)!
Have you been when the Strongylodon is in bloom? It's in my Flickr album...................

https://www.flickr.com/photos/35724365@N05/sets/72157623971088999/

 

Popped in today but it turned out that I had forgotten top turn the charger on for my cameras battery so just a handful of photos.

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


Hardenbergia violaceae...............




Mackaya bella..................


And for @PeterS the almost ever-blooming Thunbergia mysorensis..............

 

LongK - thank you - I love all of those.

Solanum seaforthianum - that's spectacular. I don't know it but it looks worth growing. I have grown S. laciniatum before - but it was very sparse - seaforthanium seems to be much more dense from the internet pictures.

The Hardenbergia is lovely. Mine is still very young, but I have high hopes for it in the future. You very kindly sent me some Mackaya seeds and I am currently waiting for them to germinate. And I can't wait for Thunbergia mysorensis to flower - I love the idea of long flower racemes hanging down from the roof - though it a pretty slow grower.

Talking of long racemes and slow growers, about a month ago I sowed some Mucuna sempervirens. Its another climber and is already about 2 feet high - but I read that it can grow up to 60 feet in a year in its native China.

Its also very interesting to see what does flower at this time of the year, albeit under glass. I am going to have to come down and visit the Oxford Botanical Gardens some time.