Echium lusitanicum in flower in the Top Nursery Ventnor Botanic Garden It is native to Portugal and Spain.

Eriobotrya japonica is commonly called loquat and has edible fruit. Like many temperate fruits, it is a member of the rose family. This is our smallest specimen in the fountain courtyard Ventnor Botanic Garden and is in flower now

Camellia grijsii is one of many Camellias in flower in the Further East This one is very fragrant Ventnor Botanic Garden

Camphora officinarum or camphor tree is an evergreen tree from China, Japan and Taiwan, used for medicine and food. We have several trees around the car park Ventnor Botanic Garden

Mountain correa; Correa lawrenciana is a large shrub from SE Australia covered in narrow, pink flowers. This is next to the Jasmine Garden Ventnor Botanic Garden #IsleofWight

Spring is in the air Ventnor Botanic Garden The first flower has opened on Magnolia campbellii alba, there are daffodils in the car park, the woodpecker is drumming and the song thrush is singing from dawn til dusk.

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) daily perches in the pine near the courtyard pool, watching over Ventnor Botanic Garden

The tender, stunning Aloe arborescens or tree aloe is almost open near the cafe Ventnor Botanic Garden

Savia corrugata is still in flower on our car park Ventnor Botanic Garden

White correa (Correa alba) is a tender shrub from SE Australia. It is smothered in flowers between the Tropical House and the Jasmine Garden Ventnor Botanic Garden

Leaf colour on the huge Euphorbia in the Long Border Ventnor Botanic Garden

The ex-Curator of Ventnor Botanic Garden - Simon Goodenough, has sadly passed away after his brave battle with cancer. After arriving from having worked at Kew’s Temperate Nursery, together with his wife Debs, he shaped VBG between 1986-2011 into the amazing garden it is today.

Is anyone else's day lilies (Hemerocallis) trying to flower in January rather than July? This one is in the Long Borders Ventnor Botanic Garden

Had a great weekend catching up with fellow horticulturists / botanists Sophie Walwin, Andrew Gdaniec, @SimonGulliver4 and Abby Gulliver. Enjoyed sharing Ventnor Botanic Garden with them and of course The Spyglass Inn 🌴🌵🍻

VBG trainee Adam and I visited sites in Southern England to collect female Juniperus communis cuttings from the wild. We will propagate these Ventnor Botanic Garden and eventually reintroduce them into the wild on the #IsleofWight (with Hampshire and IOW Wildlife Trust) #conservation

The Magnolias are stunning Ventnor Botanic Garden at the moment 😍

We have planted what we believe is the first permanently planted citrus grove outside in the UK🍋🍊😎 Ventnor Botanic Garden Come and see it in the sunshine or watch Episode 1 of BBC Gardeners World #GardenersWorld #citrus #climatechange #isleofwight

This is me yesterday in the Tropical House pool at Ventnor Botanic Garden, planting the Amazon water lily. Or me, being a Brummie should it be water liloy! 🤣

With only 2 rainy days in the last 2 months and lots of sun, the Judas trees at Ventnor Botanic Garden are enjoying the Mediterranean spring and are simply stunning.

The tender, South African Clivia nobilis growing in the Walled Garden at Ventnor Botanic Garden under a champion Magnolia ' Charles Dickens'