Sheffield Botanical Gardens

[ellarien]

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

The Botanical Gardens are looking great these days. After years of neglect, they had a major, lottery-funded makeover for the Millennium, and by now the new plantings are settling in, so that it really looks beautiful rather than just offering the promise of looking beautiful in a year or two; the roses are availing themselves of the climbing frames provided, and the last remaining empty beds have been planted.



These yellow flowers (datura -- thanks, gwyneira!) , on a vine climbing the roof-beams of the restored glasshouses, were big enough to make a hat for a small child.

Comments

nice pics!

[gwyneira.livejournal.com]

The yellow flower is a datura -- aren't they amazing? The first time I saw one in a garden I was just dumbstruck by the size of the flowers.

(The rose might be Just Joey, but I'm not sure totally sure about that.)

Re: nice pics!

[ellarien]

Thanks! That (the datura id) makes perfect sense, now I think about it.