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The 'Christmassy' killer raspberry
by: Wolfgang Stuppy, Millennium Seed Bank blog11 Dec 2012
The Millennium Seed Bank's seed morphologist, Wolfgang Stuppy, is back with his final blog of the year. To wish you all a very 'Merry Christmas', he is sharing some festive images of a flesh-eating killer raspberry! Do you dare read on ...
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Cucurbita pepo
A vine native to Mexico and the USA, Cucurbita pepo has been domesticated for thousands of years and is the source of an astonishing variety of cultivated forms, including Halloween pumpkins, courgettes (zucchini) and squashes.
Galanthus nivalis
The common snowdrop is one of the most popular of all cultivated bulbous plants, and its flowering is traditionally seen to herald the end of winter.
Visit to the Arnold Arboretum Boston, USA
by: Tony Hall, Arboretum team blog05 Dec 2011
The Arnold Arboretum on America's east coast is renowned for its autumn colour and old trees. On a recent visit, Tony Hall delved into Kew's historic links with the arboretum, through plants and plant hunting.
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From Chelsea to Mount Fuji, the legacy of Veitch Nurseries
by: Virginia Mills, Library, Art and Archives blog20 May 2011
Harry Veitch brought the RHS flower show to Chelsea. His brother brought Japanese flora to Europe. Find out more about the Veitch's from Kew's Directors' Correspondence collection.
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C.S.P. Parish and the orchids of Burma
by: Katherine Harrington, Library, Art and Archives blog27 Apr 2011
The Directors' Correspondence Team reveals the artistic talents of an amateur orchid enthusiast in Burma at the end of the nineteenth century.
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The Rock Garden in full bloom
by: Richard Wilford, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog21 Apr 2011
The recent warm, sunny weather here in London has brought a whole range of plants into flower on the Rock Garden at Kew. Read on to see some of the highlights.
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The parasitic purple toothwort, Lathraea clandestina, is flowering now.
by: Richard Wilford & Katie Price, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog29 Mar 2011
The purple flowers of the parasitic Lathraea clandestina, known as purple toothwort, mysteriously sprout from the ground in the Woodland Garden.
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The Chilean blue crocus, a real eyeful - and it's not a crocus!
by: Sue Skinner, Alpine and Rock Garden team blog28 Feb 2011
Once thought extinct in the wild, the stunning blue-flowered Chilean blue crocus was rediscovered in the Andes near Santiago, Chile, in spring 2001. You can see it flowering now in the Davies Alpine House.
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Kew at the Chelsea Flower Show
Tue 24 May - Sun 29 May 2011See Kew's show garden, created in partnership with The Times and designed by Chelsea gold medallist Marcus Barnett, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011.
