Oxford Botanic Garden - Part 2

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This is a continuation of my visit to Oxford Botanic Garden

Leaving the walled section, you head towards the river

On either side of the path is a rockery

Geranium sessiliflorum would be good for my foliage garden

And another good geranuim, G. pelargoniflorum

This cracking little plant, lewisia cotyledon ‘Sunset Strain’, was tucked into a pocket

While daphne alpina grew happily on the top of the rockery

There are also areas to provide appropriate conditions for plants, like the pond

A healthy clump of smilacena racemosa, now called maianthemum racemosum (they haven’t changed their label yet)

A couple of trees provided shade for a woodland area

And an open area of sandy soil looked to be under development

There were several paeonies in flower just now, including P. peregrina

While pawlonia tomentosa won the prize for best tree on this visit

I didn’t have time to look at the vegetable area or the greenhouses, and the exhibition room was closed. I’ll have to go back again soon.

• 2 Jun, 2013
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