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flowerborders are so lovely

Many purple flowers look alike , it is not verbena, and probably cat mint.
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
A host of echinacea, probably Echinacea or Coneflower Leilani in Yellow.
A host of echinacea, probably Echinacea or Coneflower Leilani in Yellow.
Phygelius Candy Drops Deep Rose, which are small pink and trumpet shaped.
Phygelius Candy Drops Deep Rose, which are small pink and trumpet shaped.

The RHS site at Hyde Hall, near to Chelmsford

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
  • RHS Hyde Hall, Chelmsford, Essex
  • RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
  • RHS Wisley, Surrey (A23 and M25 junction)
  • RHS Rosemoor, Devon
  • RHS Bridgewater, Great Manchester
Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - gorgeous.

Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - gorgeous.

Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - that is the purple 'verbena' in the border.

Beautiful flowers at the Wisley RHS site - that is the purple 'verbena' in the border.