2007-02-09 21:35:43 · 12 answers · asked by lottie 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
It's worth seeing anytime of the year. Most of the spring flowers will have started appearing, and of course there's the glasshouses!
2007-02-09 21:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by Michael T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From November right round to February, there's a surprising variety to see in the Gardens. There is winter bark to look out for; the pretty winter-flowering Cornelian cherry and the simultaneous flowers and strawberry-like fruit of the strawberry tree.
In midwinter, the flowers of the hellebores in the Woodland Glade look downwards to the ground, hiding their beauty. Clematis cirrhosa is one of the few evergreen clematis and is called cirrhosa because its late winter flowers are speckled inside, looking like a diseased liver.
The New Year brings winter-flowering shrubs, such as wintersweet and witch hazel, with heady scents and a mass of flowers, in the Winter Garden all round the Ice House; and there's a great show of snowdrops by the Ruined Arch and in the Rock Garden. The 'silk tassel bush' gets its name from the splendidly long and slender catkins draping all over it in January and February.
A stroll along Holly Walk could bring on the festive spirit, and it's also a comforting thought, visiting Kew in the depths of winter, that you can always warm up in one of the glasshouses and imagine you have escaped to the lush tropics.
2007-02-10 05:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! I was at Kew Gardens this time two years ago and Spring flowers were definitely beginning to appear. It was very brisk outdoors but the glasshouses are sheltered and have good displays, especially the relatively new [mostly] orchid glasshouse.
2007-02-10 06:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by myrtguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kew Gardens is worth seeing at any time! Thanks to the British culture's passion for gardening, it's an extraordinary monument to trees, shrubs, tropicals & desert flora. Don't ever pass up an opportunity to go there.
An American fan of Kew.
2007-02-10 14:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of the exercise and fresh air you will get doing the 'Kew round trip'. The meal and drink afterwards will go down a treat!
2007-02-10 05:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by More or less Cosmic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kew is good all year round worth visiting for its glass houses that can be allitle to hot in summer
2007-02-10 05:47:42 · answer #6 · answered by bluebellmoonfairy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gardens are'nt just for summer, There is still plenty of interest.
2007-02-10 05:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by chickadee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh yes..its a fab. place..loads to see..hot houses etc...huge fan of the place and a great day out!
2007-02-11 07:11:11 · answer #8 · answered by bellabelloo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if gardens is your thing its good to visit anytime of year
2007-02-10 05:40:56 · answer #9 · answered by ANTHONY W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i was thinking my self to go this weekend
2007-02-10 05:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by HQ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋