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Neighbourhood walk. White and blue English bluebells, arabis, aubrieta — Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Arabis caucasica, Aubrieta deltoidea
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April 4, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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April in full colour. Bluebells, three-cornered leek, tulips and grape hyacinth in the front garden.

Hyacinthoides hispanica · Allium triquetrum · Tulipa · Muscari armeniacum

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April 1, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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New cones on Japanese white pine. Crab apple bonsai in first blossom. Camellia holding its own. London, late March.

🌲 Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora)
🌸 Crab Apple (Malus sp.)
🤍 White Camellia (Camellia japonica)

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March 29, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Tulip tree at Kew rather glorious a few days ago. Nice to look back at when it's back to raining outside.

Liriodendron tulipifera

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Close-up of a yellow-green tulip tree flower, six tepals with an orange band at the base, ring of yellow stamens around a green central cone. Tulip tree branch overhanging a path at Kew, single flower opening among the saddle-shaped leaves. Unopened tulip tree bud, pale green and teardrop-shaped, fine veining visible through the surface. Single tulip tree leaf in sunlight, four-lobed with the characteristic flat-topped, truncated apex.
May 19, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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Twickenham Bonsai Club's tree of the month — flowering bonsai in full spring form.

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa), kusamono with creeping phlox (Phlox subulata), and crab apple (Malus sp.).

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Blackthorn bonsai with gnarled twisted trunk and clusters of small white flowers Shrubby potentilla bonsai with white five-petalled flowers and yellow stamens Kusamono dish planting with pink creeping phlox, ornamental grass and moss Crab apple bonsai with white blossom and emerging green leaves
April 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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More macro in the garden: maple leaves, larch cone & maple blossom.

Japanese maple, larch, maple (Acer palmatum, Larix sp., Acer sp.)

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April 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Pink profusion at Kew. Lily-flowered tulips (Tulipa sp.), Kurume azalea Rhododendron 'Ho-o', and two flowering cherries — Prunus 'Yae-murasaki' and Prunus 'Amanogawa'.

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Lily-flowered tulips with pointed white petals streaked with deep raspberry-pink, growing in a garden border at Kew. Cluster of small pink Kurume azalea flowers with darker pink speckles among glossy green leaves. Dense pompom clusters of double pale pink cherry blossoms on a dark branch — Prunus 'Yae-murasaki'. Semi-double pale pink cherry blossoms with prominent pink stamens — Prunus 'Amanogawa'.
April 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Colour in Great Ormond St and Lamb's Conduit St on a wet London evening

Lonicera × heckrottii
Pelargonium sp. (regal & zonal)
Hedera helix

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Close-up of a honeysuckle flower head in pink and orange, with long stamens. Two sash windows in a London brick terrace, each with a window box of red zonal pelargoniums. Close-up of magenta regal pelargonium flowers with white picotee edges and ruffled petals, in a window box. Wooden street planter on a wet pavement, filled with pink zonal pelargoniums, dark-zoned leaves, and trailing variegated ivy.
May 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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The Savoy in London, no filters, real flowers, zero plastic

Phalaenopsis sp., Rosa spp., Hydrangea macrophylla, Lilium sp., Delphinium sp.

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Close-up of bright pink phalaenopsis orchids and dusty pink roses with amaranthus tassels in a dense arrangement. Mixed bouquet of cerise, dusty pink and lilac roses with white oriental lilies, blue hydrangea and pink phalaenopsis orchids. Lobby display at The Savoy: pink phalaenopsis orchids in a tall black vase beside pink hydrangeas in a silver bowl, on black-and-white chequered marble. A single pink patio rose in bloom with buds and glossy foliage, set against cork oak bark.
May 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Macro maple samaras

Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki', Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium', Acer palmatum 'Jordan', Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise'

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Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki' — pink samara hanging from a red stem against blurred green foliage. Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' — young downy samara with fine white hairs, pink-tinged, above green palmate leaves. Acer palmatum 'Jordan' — pink-and-yellow samara resting on a yellow maple leaf. Acer shirasawanum 'Moonrise' — green and pink-tipped samaras among glossy green leaves in sunlight.
May 6, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Kew's titan arum in bloom — frilled purple spathe, towering yellow spadix. Famously smells of rotting flesh, though I couldn't tell you as I'm recovering from COVID.

Amorphophallus titanum

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Close-up of titan arum in bloom: deep purple frilled spathe with serrated edge, pale yellow spadix rising behind, in a glasshouse. Detail of titan arum showing the cream-and-pink ribbed inner spathe, deep purple outer surface, and pale yellow spadix. Tall yellow spadix of a titan arum partly hidden by foliage and orchids mounted on a column in a tropical glasshouse at Kew. Crowd gathered around a titan arum in flower at Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory, surrounded by tropical planting.
April 28, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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Sunday allotment blooms. Rosa sp.

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Three deep magenta double roses in a celadon crackle-glaze ceramic vase on a wooden table, window behind. Single cream-white fully double rose on a stem with dark green leaves in a small blue-green glass vase on a wooden surface. Two open cream roses with red streaking and dark burgundy foliage in a small grey ceramic vase on a wooden surface.
June 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Walled garden, Sibton Estate, Suffolk. Fan-trained cherries, almond and plum ripening against the walls.

Prunus avium, Prunus dulcis, Prunus domestica, Buxus sempervirens

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Fan-trained cherry (Prunus avium) against red brick wall, fruit in mixed stages of ripening from green to red Close-up of a single immature almond (Prunus dulcis) — green, flattened and densely downy — on a short stem against soft-focus foliage Two smooth green plums (Prunus domestica) hanging from a spur against a brick wall Thatched oak summerhouse in a walled garden with clipped box hedging and espalier fruit trees on red brick walls
June 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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April on the allotment. Apple, cherry, and pear doing the expected thing — and rhubarb being its own weird self.

Malus domestica · Prunus avium · Pyrus communis · Rheum × hybridum

#AllotmentLife #SpringBlossom #AppleBlossom #CherryBlossom #PearBlossom #Rhubarb #LondonGrows #LondonBotanica
Apple blossom (Malus domestica) at golden hour Cherry blossom (Prunus avium) against blue sky Rhubarb flower spike (Rheum x hybridum) Pear blossom (Pyrus communis) in evening light
April 8, 2026 at 7:25 AM