#VirtualSpring

The Meconopsis Slieve Donald in the lower woodland garden is starting to be a sea of blue @TheBotanics #virtualspring #rbgehort one of the best cultivars to grow and bulk up. Has received numerous plant awards

The deep-purple flowers of the beautiful Rhododendron niveum @TheBotanics #virtualspring #rhododendron #rbgehort

The incredible maroon flowers of Rhododendron x temenium @TheBotanics. Wild collected in 2002 on the Gaoligong Shan Biotic Survey Expedition in Yunnan, China. #conservation #virtualspring #horticulture #botanics #plantsmatter

The first Peony of the year Paeonia mascula ssp. mascula. A superb herbaceous perennial. @TheBotanics #virtualspring #horticulture #rbgehort

The lollipop flower heads of Primula denticulata from the Himalaya, currently flowering in the lower woodland garden. #VirtualSpring 📷 @meadowmania

Enjoy the seasonal highlights @TheBotanics from your home. Click the link #virtualspring

Sunday 10th May is @gardendayuk, a day everyone is encouraged to put down their tools and enjoy their gardens. Please join in and tag your photos with #gardendayuk 🌷 Here is @TheBotanics at golden hour #virtualspring

A few more spring highlights from the alpine area at Edinburgh Cypripedium tibeticum Haberlea rhodopensis and good old Dryas octopetala @TheBotanics #rbgehort #virtualspring

City view to Arthur’s Seat through Acer pseudoplatanus @TheBotanics #virtualspring #edinburgh #trees #nature

Rhododendron Loderi every year comes up trumps @TheBotanics #rbgehort #virtualspring

A little glimpse of this grand handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata) for your daily dose of Garden magic. ✨ #virtualspring 📷: @meadowmania

Two more species of Oncocyclus Iris. Iris paradoxa forma mirabilis collected in Iran and has lovely brown falls and Iris barnumae from Turkey and Iran. Two delightful Iris @TheBotanics #virtualspring #rbgehort

New @abaantitrust #virtualspring site now LIVE at link. Schedule when on-demand podcasts, videocasts, reports will drop; links to livestreams on YouTube will go live; and live receptions on Remo begin. All this content free to all. Starts 4/17. 1/3

The captivating maroon flowers of Paeonia delavayi. A shrub of up to 2m and attractive foliage. The bees love it too! 🐝 @TheBotanics #rbgehort #horticulture #virtualspring

Beyond the canopy the sun shines! Lovely new leaves on the Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Corstorphinense’ @TheBotanics #virtualspring #trees #rbgehort #nature

First bluebell this morning is a joyous sign of spring in full flow #plantrainbow and could not resist the bright yellow dandelion and blue forget-me-not #wildflourhour today. You can follow spring @TheBotanics with #VirtualSpring to keep updated on what is looking good

Daphne aurantiaca from Sichuan and Yunnan. It’s a pity that you can’t smell the very pungent sweet scent from this shrub. A great plant for your garden @TheBotanics #rbgehort #virtualspring

I love this time of year when Rhododendrons add vibrant splashes of colour to our gardens. Here is the striking apricot flowers on Rhododendron cinnabarinum ssp. xanthocodon @TheBotanics #virtualspring #rbgehort #horticulture

The herbaceous team @TheBotanics have grown this beauty Paeonia officinalis ‘Flore Pleno’ #virtualspring #horticulture #peonyseason

The pure white Magnolia stellata ‘Royal Star’ flowering in the Queen Mother’s Memorial Garden @TheBotanics #virtualspring #rgbehort #horticulture #spring