Added to which, in a lily pond in the same hot house, they had a large tropical version of our own duckweed: under control at the moment, but does it take over from time to time, as it does in our ponds at home?
There was also a very fine display of a huge variety of tulips, a little past their best, complete with a couple of foreign sounding gents. having a very technical discussion about same. Maybe experts visiting from the Netherlands? But I associated to the clever-clogs singing of King's College Chapel and amongst the tulips on display here, thought that I preferred the simpler to the rather clever & unusual. There was another display of alpines and yet another of small flowers on small cacti & succulents; a day for miniatures.
Overall, impressed as ever by the huge variety of plant life on display. And fretted as ever by the difficulty of getting the right balance between a fancy garden and a visitor attraction. I continue to suspect the RHS of having been captured by the maximise visitor numbers approach to gardening. Rock cakes rather good, despite being rather browner than usual.
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