The RHS and its gardens.

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General chat about what I love about flowers would take too long. So I thought first a list of the common flowers and those which are the most amazing to have in any flower border.
My first choice is a French theme, and the wonderful poppy; plus wild flowers for bees and other pollinators. If you travel in the Loire region of France, all of the roadsides are an array of wild grasses and flowers. Beautiful.
Many French themes in their wonderful gardens, are a mix of purple and white. The purple I was told was cat mint, and this may also have been the RHS favourite called verbena - not ribena as I tend to remember the name!
My next big challenge is then to understand what an echinacea (or coneflower) is, and how it differs from a fucschia, or Helenium (for instance).
Many purple flowers look alike , it is not verbena, and probably cat mint also known as nepeta.
Many purple flowers look alike , it is not verbena, and probably cat mint also known as nepeta.
The larger flowers look like Echinacea purpurea with maybe a cosmos white flower, and these come in many whites and pinks colour schemes
The larger flowers look like Echinacea purpurea with maybe a cosmos white flower, and these come in many whites and pinks colour schemes
Another similar mass of divergent purple flowers in an amazing flower border, including Verbena bonariensis and others
Another similar mass of divergent purple flowers in an amazing flower border, including Verbena bonariensis and others

The RHS site at Hyde Hall, near to Chelmsford and the A130 at Rettendon

What wellbeing can do for you! Try a walk just looking at flowers, lots of beautiful flowers.

I first visited a partner site last year looking for a nice day out with an elderly member of the family.
I had not really heard of the RHS before apart from Chelsea flower shows, and also the Royal Horticultural Halls near to Victoria and Westminster where I have spent many hours in the past at Stampex. Long story.

Anyway, after visiting the Green Island gardens site I very quickly became a member of the RHS not long after with their special offer of about £55 for my first year with a guest free, and as Hyde Hall is a short drive from home, I have now been there a few times, and also the one in Harrogate and also the one at Wisley at the A3 and M25 junction. There are two more somewhere else around the country, and there are a host of partner sites.

There are five main RHS sites
Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - gorgeous.

Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - gorgeous.