Ventnor Botanic Garden

A warm welcome..

"Nestling in the microclimate of The Undercliff, Ventnor Botanic Garden on the Isle of Wight has a subtropical and exotic plant collection unrivalled elsewhere in the UK. Plants which would normally be found in protected glasshouses thrive and naturalise in geographical plantings based on the Mediterannean zones of the world. As you will see from these pages there is much to see at Ventnor, and we hope you enjoy this unique and wonderful garden."
Chris Kidd
Curator

Hey, Little A, you know I love it there as I was on the doorstep .. moreso than you, kid ...

My best buy there is here with me ... a Myrtus 'Tarantina' ...

http://www.directplants.co.uk/plants/shrubs/myrtus-tarantina-2010-shrub-1545.asp

Mine is so huge it is almost obscene ... here is a bad picture of it having been cut back ...