The beautiful and rare turquoise blue jade vine. Here and there, a palm tree surprises our tour visitors.
Who knew, they say, that England was so tropical? Back at Wisley, a rockery rises suddenly, filled with com-
pelling miniature flowers and dwarf shrubs. Water spills from volcanic rock into a little stream that runs over more rocks, leaving nooks and crannies offering many revelations. Te rock garden is over a hundred years old; it demonstrates how plants and rocks can team up to present marvels of mys- tery in miniature. Another, at the botanical gardens in Edin- burgh, is even more wonderful and much larger. It’s off to Cambridge for the dreamy water tour and an
even wetter tour of the Cambridge Botanical Garden, where, for me, the wonder of the whole trip was a blue jade vine, Strongylodon macrobotrys, found unheralded in an ancient glasshouse. Tis stunning turquoise flower is painted the rar- est colour of the plant world. In Yorkshire, we visit Harewood House which is often still in use by the Royal family at Christmas time. Te grounds
One of the intrepid punters on the Cam River.
Fountain at Cambridge Botanical Garden.
View from the Harewood House draw- ing room window.
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Part of a drawing room at Harewood House.
Cambridge Botanical Garden water feature.
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