Photo essay: a little bit of early summer at Sheffield Botanical Gardens

In the now 5 years I've lived in Sheffield, somehow I've managed to not visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens in early summer before. Quite remiss of me, and clearly, quite a lot I've been missing.

Always, my favourite part of the Botanical Gardens, the Rock and Water Garden.

I think this Allium Roseum.

Iris sibirica. Variety unsure, maybe 'snow queen', 'white swirl' or 'white swan', or none of these!

The Rose Garden was looking good and you did get some fragrance. It will really shine in a couple of weeks. I hope to get back to see it and do some fragrance testing.

Rosa Devoniensis climbing had a fine fragrance.

Hidden between the fence/road and the Pavilion, the Four Seasons Garden always has something to delight.

Lychnis flos-jovis. Want.

Above/below: Crinodendron hookerianum, the Chilean lantern tree. It's frost hardy and I'm wondering if I could risk trying it in my garden?

Or maybe just continue to visit it at the Botanical Gardens!

Thanks to Head Gardener Plants for the id.

Above/below: Paeonia lactiflora 'Bowl of Beauty'

 Iris sibiricia 'Silver Edge'. Also want.

 Mass planting of Iris sibiricia 'Silver Edge'. I loved the green and blue, light and shade, contrast.

Iris sibiricia 'Perry's Blue' 

Mass planting of Iris sibiricia 'Perry's Blue'. 

Sheffield Botanical Gardens, always a pleasure.

Photo essay: Sheffield Botanical Gardens - late October autumn visit

After visiting at the beginning of October, we returned to the Sheffield Botanical Gardens at the end of October to have a wander and see how some of the autumn colours were coming along. It was a very cloudy day, but no surprise that there was even more colour to discover and delight it.

 Four Seasons Garden

 Rose Garden and Main Lawns

The beautiful bark of Prunus Serrula 

From green to red leaves, Acer Grisium 

The bark of Acer Grisium

 Acer Grisium detail

Part of the Evolution Garden

From the edge of the Woodland Garden towards the fountain

Late afternoon sun over the Main Lawns

Reprise: late afternoon sun over the Main Lawns

Rock and Water garden

If you are looking for some autumn colour, do visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens. With this mild autumn weather, the colour should be looking good for some weeks to come.


Visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens website for opening times.

Photo essay: Sheffield Botanical Gardens in Autumn 2015

The clear blue skies and warm autumn sun called to us and it said: visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens, have lunch and walk around and enjoy the sun and changing seasons. Well, when you put it like that...

 

The photos were taken with my mobile phone, but I think they give you a flavour of the gardens and the day. I hope you enjoyed this short visit.