Dave Forehand of The Dallas Arboretum talks about osmanthus. Then below the jump, Hermione Wang of This Is Shanghai shows you how to make osmanthus syrup.
Iris week x 4
First, irises at three gardens: RBG’s Laking Garden in 2019, then, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden at the end of April/early May, and Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in April. Then we’ve got Cocktails with Iris (Apfel). She will mix her own drink, thank you very much.
Iris week x 3
We open with irises at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, from 2017. Below the jump, bearded irises blooming this week at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Alice Hahn Goodman Iris Garden, followed by a short film from International Flavors & Fragrances’ in-house naturals facility, Laboratoire Monique Rémy, on the French orris harvest (this is a 2016 video that we already posted back in 2017).
Camellia Walk
The Camellia Walk at Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens in West Sussex at the end of March.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show x 5
Highlights of the Chelsea Flower Show from 2019, (then below the jump) 2018 and 2017 (1 1/2 to 2 minutes each), followed by two gardening-help videos from RHS: “Urban Wildlife in Your Garden” (about 7 minutes) and “Top 3 hard to kill houseplants” (2 minutes).