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Horniman Gardens South London

coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
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If you happen to be passing by I recommend a visit to this garden. One drawback: not all plants are labelled so can you help? 

Luxembourg
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited September 2022
    I think no 2 is manihot grahamii
    Devon.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Think the second is Broussonetia papyrifera. Not sure on the first, possibly Oenothera 'Silver Blade'?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I think no 2 could be a Paper Mulberry (broussonetia papyrifera)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited September 2022
    It's very close to me. I haven't been there for years since they plundered the museum and made it into a 'venue'. I might pop into the garden and have a look. I used to take my daughter to see the wallabies. The museum and aquarium were great places to run around in a wet day but she liked the bones ( mummies) the best. They charge for the aquarium now. It was full of quirky exhibits including a display of ancient contraceptive devices! I watched a Navajo man doing a sand painting.
    It's all gone now.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    That's such a shame B3.
    I used to regularly stay with my best mate in Forest Hill, never ventured into the museum but should have.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I was really angry when I saw what they'd done to it. I took a literacy class to visit it about five years ago. It was embarrassing - but we enjoyed the picnic in the park.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • coccinellacoccinella Posts: 1,428
    @B3 @Loxley @Hostafan1

    Nothing I can find in the GC in sleepy Luxembourg then  😂

    So many attractive places have become "venues". I guess they have to make the money somehow. I didn't go inside the museum, but I enjoyed the walk in the gardens.



    Luxembourg
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Probably best that I do that @coccinella 😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @coccinella My first thought for photo one was Oenothera missouriensis. However the leaves are more green than grey and there is also a red tinge on the flowering stems. However I can recommend it if you want something for the front of the border.

    There are so many different evening primroses that is the problem and not all make good garden plants. I think @Loxley could be right with O Silver Blade.

    My favourite is Oenothera odorata Apricot Delight, yes it will seed but flowers all summer if deadheaded, plant in a warm drained sunny spot.  Works well with purples and Reds, will weave it's way around the border. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited September 2022
    odd name. But imagine if it had been called Hornilady Garden?
    Devon.
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