Saturday Magazine - 31.08.2019

(Rick Simeone) #1
SATURDAY MAGAZINE 65

THE GREAT OUTDOORS


Wonderful Wisley
RHS Wisley Flower Show gets
bigger every year. The six-day event
at the famous Surrey garden runs
from Tuesday to Sunday, and
features spectacular floral displays,

outstanding shopping, the National
Dahlia Society Show, expert advice
and much more for all the family.
Entrance is free with normal
admission, so you can also enjoy
one of the most important gardens
in the world and pop along to
Wisley’s new
visitor centre,
restaurant, café
and shop. The
garden is open
from 10am to 6pm
and from 9am at
weekends. Tickets
cost £14.50 and
£7.25 for children.
RHS members get
free admission.
Call 01483
224234 or go
to rhs.org.uk.

Blushing bouquet
Cyclamen hederifolium
have slender stems with
buds, which unfurl into a
beautiful bright pink flower
with shell-shaped petals.
Order five (supplied as 13/15cm
bulbs) for £9.99, including p&p,
or buy 10 for £19.98 and get a
further five free. Order online at
shop.express.co.uk/EXP498,
call 0871 664 1469 or send a
cheque made payable to Express
Newspapers to Express Offer
EXP498, 14 Hadfield Street, Old
Trafford, Manchester M16 9FG.

GARDENING


PLANT
OF THE
WEEK

ERYNGIUM
GIGANTEUM
is a biennial

ERYNGIUM ALPINUM
has fluffy thistle
heads Pictures: Alamy; Gap Photos; Getty Images; © RHS

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