#VirtualSpring

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

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

Take a virtual walk through our Azalea Lawn which is bursting with colour right now. 🌺 #virtualspring 📷: @meadowmania

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

Meconopsis 'Slieve Donard' in the Woodland Garden. #virtualspring 📷: @meadowmania

The beautiful blue flowers of herbaceous perennial Anemone trullifolia @TheBotanics. Wild collected from Yunnan, China on the Sino-British Cangshan Expedition in 1981. #rbgehort #virtualspring #conservation #horticulture

Narcissus ‘Jet Fire’ and Prunus x yedoensis blowing in the spring breeze. #VirtualSpring 📷@meadowmania

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

Pyrus korshinskyi in full bloom #VirtualSpring 📷 @meadowmania

Spring green I just love the new growth on Veratrum album at this time of year. @TheBotanics #rbgehort #virtualspring

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

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

Rheum alexandrae Chinese rhubarb grows in damp areas through Yunnan Sichuan Tibet and is a fond favourite for locals to eat. Grows perfect by the pond @TheBotanics #rbgehort #virtualspring and looks majestic.

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

What better way to start off the new week than with the beautiful Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis? 🌼 #virtualspring 📷: @meadowmania

The fabulous pink Meconopsis x cookei ‘Old Rose’ @TheBotanics. A hybrid of quintuplinervia and punicea. #virtualspring #meconopsis #rbgehort #horticulture

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

Happy Earth Day! Here is the vivid lime green Hacquetia epipactis an early herbaceous perennial. Easy to grow in a moist soil with dappled shade. @TheBotanics #virtualspring #nature #EarthDay #horticulture

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

Paris japonica @TheBotanics 🌱 The plant’s genome contains so much DNA (the most for any plant and 50 times more DNA than the human genome) #virtualspring #horticulture #botanics