Jon Cooke Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 For those of you living in the South of England there is a new carnivorous plant display at RHS Wisley. In the past there has been a paucity of carnivorous plants on display with just a few specimens on display in the greenhouses. This has been rectified with small displays of carnivorous plants planted around the gardens. I counted three areas where carnivorous plants were on show, but there could be more. The main display is situated in the rockery below the Alpine Greenhouses and is attractively set out as can be seen from the photos below. In addition to this main planting there are a couple of tubs planted with Sarracenia close to the pond by the main greenhouse and a small pot of Sarracenia in a garden pond display just below the Japanese Garden. I'm assuming if you are still reading you are vaguely familiar with the Wisley layout. Here are a few snaps from the weekend. Regards Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amar Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Beautiful. Thanks for posting. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyoliver Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Very nice! They do blend in well to a "normal" garden don't they. Thanks for posting the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 A very nice display - thanks for posting some photos of it. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popespliff Posted July 16, 2009 Report Share Posted July 16, 2009 We at Southwest Carnivorous Plants aka Little shop of horrors Supplied the plants for this planting this spring. Each year at the Wisley Flower show i have wonderd why the RHS did not have a display out vside as the ones in the glass house made them look too precious. I hope they do well and thus make sarras more popular to the general public as hardy plants for thier gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ahrens Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I popped into Wisley for a couple of hours this week. I didn't see the CP's because I was not expecting to see any. Now I know where they are, I will have to see them next time. The gardens were looking beautiful though, in general. I had to have a slice of Walnut and coffee cake in the cafe, the same procedure as last time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cooke Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 There are now a few CP exhibits at Wisley. I only took snaps of the main display at the bottom of the rock garden though. If you keep your eyes peeled you'll spot CPs in at least two other places outside the greenhouses. Like Alistair said, its nice to see these plants outside and not in the greenhouses where people often assume that they are either tropical or tender plants. I'll take a few more pictures the next time I visit. Regards Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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