flower and plant fest at Ness Botanic Gardens (photo intensive)

Went to Ness today for the first time since Spring, and it was all blooming. A little untidy whilst they are doing work on the upper terraces. I feel Ness has seen better days, some parts are a little untidy, whilst winter 2010 didn't really help matters recently.

Today I was also inadvertently caught in a thunderstorm, but the sun came out afterwards.

Anyway still some very nice photos to be had from, I think, fairly standard botanical garden plants.

I do apologise because there is many many photos here


Bromeliad sits having collected water from the day.. flower about to emerge


Crinodendron hookerianum with a late flowering flush


Sophora tetraptera growing well in the gardens.


Luma apiculata getting its usual later summer flowers


Grevillea rosmarinifolia


Eucalyptus.. unsure on the type.. it's not gunii for sure.


Zauschneria californica with its exotic red blooms





Agastache aurantiaca.. I love the colours on these, I jumped at the chance to buy some seeds of this from my local GC


Eucryphia lucida flower


I forget the name of these!


Erythrina-Crista galli.. every summer it comes back from the ground.. but flowers without fail


Abutilon megapotamicum.. flowers all year round here!


Eucomis, not sure which one though!


Cuphea cyanea, comes back every year without fail.. vivid colours!


Coronilla valentina.. slightly later flowering again.. usually a spring flowerer.


Echium pininana in a woodland setting.


Desfontainia spinosa in the same woodland


I forget the name of the tree, but it's quite similar to Coronilla, but deciduous.


Not sure of the name of this plant..

 

Again not sure of this.. ID anyone?


Untidy view, but the plant that stands out here is the Papyrus!


Another of a Sophora tetraptera.


Terrace backdrop.


More Echiums



Hedychium coccinea on the terrace walls.


Luma apiculata growing on the terraces


Paulownia tormentosa one of many plants now growing 'wild' at Ness


Cistus shrubs everywhere

 

Great photo's.

Sorry, can't help with any of the ID's though. Thanks for sharing

 

Yes they still are (borders stuffed full), there are a few landscaping changing occurring at the top, so it's changing a little. Unfortunately the greenhouse (I assume you mean the arid house?) has gone.. but the alpine house changes every season, so it's always interesting. They do have a conservatory type house, with lots of banana plants, and a fantastic Acacia cultriformis!

 

Really nice , it would be nice to see the same garden under extreme cold , just to see what they really protect.
Really nice

 

The only area of the garden that is protected is the top level of the terrace and the tree ferns. I wonder why often but the second level down (of the terrace) has more tender plants but they are not protected. Anyhow, very little is protected to be honest.. and even what is protected is a flimsy piece of fleece.