Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Flowers on Wednesday

I always enjoy visiting the lovely Derbyshire town of Buxton where a walk through the Pavilion Gardens, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton,  is a must.  Nearby in the Pavilion itself is a glasshouse containing many exotic plants. 

Let's go inside and take a look

There were some lovely and unusual flowers to delight the eye.  I can identify the Bird of Paradise flower, Cyclamen and a white Poinsettia but I'm not certain about what the other two flowers, bottom left and right above, are. The flower bottom left could be an Abutilon plant but I'm not entirely sure.  I feel I should know and as soon as someone tells me I'll think 'of course they are'.  I hope someone reading this will be able to identify them for me.

My camera couldn't do justice to the deep and vibrant colours of the flowers as the lens kept steaming up in the heat.

We used to have one of these plants in a bay window in the foyer of one of the museums I worked in and it always attracted people's interest.

The glasshouse at the Pavilion Gardens was designed by Edward Milner, pupil and then colleague of Sir Joseph Paxton.  They were responsible for the building of many greenhouses and glasshouses including those at nearby Chatsworth House and also at Tatton Park and of course, the Crystal Palace.


Joining in with riitta at Floral-Passions.  Do visit her and see who else is joining in this Wednesday.


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    1. That's great, Penny. I didn't know clivia so thank you very much for the identification. I've learned something new today:)

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  2. The Pavilion Gardens look a wonderful place to visit - lovely photos of the flowers there - so bright and vibrant :)

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    1. It is a great place to visit, I love the glass house and the park is lovely too. They have quite a few Muscovy ducks on the lake, I've never seen as many anywhere else:)

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  3. So brilliant & energetic orange flowers. The Pavillion Garden looks great both inside and outside. Sunny day to you Rosie!

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    1. Yes, the flowers were all very vibrant with their orange colouring, it was nice to be inside out of the cold air:)

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  4. The perfect place to go on a cold, chilly day. Such beautiful exotic looking flowers. Your camera steaming up reminded me of when I worked as a photographer. Back in the day we used to have to go to the indoor swimming pool to takes photos at swimming galas. A top tip to stop your camera steaming up was to put it near the cars heater on the journey there. Always seemed to do the trick. B x

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    1. Good tip about the camera lens steaming up, I remember it steamed up when we went in the rainforest dome at the Eden project, I kep having to wipe it with the edge of my tee shirt:)

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  5. Buxton is one of my favourite places. Isn't it looking marvellous at the moment. 😊

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    1. Buxton did look wonderful when we visited last Friday, it was cold but sunny, which was nice:)

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  6. Lovely and bright! Looking good in the sunshine.

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    1. Thanks, Louise, yes it was a sunny day and after Buxton we had the extra treat of the bookshop at Brierlow Bar:)

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  7. Hello Rosie, as soon as I read pavilion and glasshouse I knew there'd be delights to follow and I was right! They're all so gorgeous, and the perfumes must have been wonderful. I too can confirm Abutilon (I happened to feature mine on this week's Floral Bliss so it was delightful to see your vibrant photos of them too :D) ). Thanks so much for taking us for a lovely peek into that beautiful building.

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    1. Hello Sue, thanks for your comment, I've visited your blog and loved your photos and painting of the Abutilon flowers:)

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  8. Such beautiful exotic flowers. I do so love the bird of paradise. x

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    1. The Bird of Paradise flower is rather wonderful isn't it?:)

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