Flora & fauna of the Isles of Scilly

Good evening #GardensHour its been a while since my last post on here. Shining bright today on the IOS is this pink Amaryllis belladonna. #SixWeeksofColour

Dianthus #sixweeksofcolour #GardensHour

Terrible view out there this morning

A few snaps taken on 2/9/25 from St Martin's on the Isles of Scilly.

A few snaps taken 3/9/25 Tresco Abbey Gardens & Island walk.

Tresco flora Bulbine frutescens Aloe 'Christmas Carol' Dioon califanoi Banksia vorticillata Protea neriifolia Liminium 'purple parachute' Protea cynaroides Banksia integrifolia Berzelia albiflora Encephalartos natalensis Passiflora 'Coral Seas' Scaevolia aemula Carpobrotus edulis

A Hike around the Island of Bryher. Often the first island to feel the full force of Atlantic storms, but not today.

From a distance this looked like a great chunk of Iron. Turns out its a piece of wood covered in Goose barnacles, washed ashore on Bryher. Who knows an old ships mast from a long forgotten wreck, there's many a shipwreck around these Isles.

Waking up to one last sickening view. Do I really have to go back.

Freddie Mercury 🖤 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 📸Credit: ©️ Queen Productions Ltd.

But I don't want to go home

Scillonian III Departed St Mary's at 13:47 with one reluctant passenger Isles of Scilly Travel Update

Thank you Tregarthen's Hotel and Cottages for another fabulous stay. See you again sometime soon.

Walks out of door, heads back in back in to put on an extra layer 🥶 ❄

22/9/2025, 11:40am, Woking, UK. HIV maybe a hidden disability but its nothing to be ashamed of. Visibility helps stop #stigma & educates others #adaywithhiv.

Sweet Pepper trial now finished. Trials team cleared them out yesterday, I'm now in the process of cleaning the glasshouse in preparation for plants returning from the garden for overwintering.

We need an ID card for the stupid people.

Perks of the job 😋

Vasconcellea pubescens got some growing to do. @rhswisley #Wisley #grow #ukgardening