Wednesday 17 August 2016

New shrubs and trees

Grevillea 'Canberra Gem'



Laburnum anagyroides x L. watereri 'Vossii' 



Stewartia pseudocamellia



Hydrangea macrophylla 'Merveille Sanguine'


Rhododendron 'Marie Fortie'



Physocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo'



Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Friday 12 August 2016

Two new plants

Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'


 Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'



Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Saturday 30 July 2016

New Bamboo in Godotii

Fargesia sp jiuzhaigou



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Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland



Tuesday 12 July 2016

Gardener Hilary R.



Deeply concentrated, 
she is pruning 


Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Tom Thumb'

and.... as usual, with most care!  



Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Thursday 7 July 2016

3 new ferns and 1 ground cover

Athyrium filix-femina 'Frizelliae'
[Tatting fern]



Dryopteris sieboldii
[Siebold's wood fern]



Onoclea sensibilis
[American sensitive fern]



Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'



Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Thursday 16 June 2016

5 new ferns in our Polypodiopsida Collection

Athyrium niponicum 'Burgundy Lace'
[Japanese Painted Fern]


Polystichum setiferum 'Plum Densum'
[Soft shield Fern]


Polystichum setiferum 'Herrenhausen'
[Soft shield Fern]


Asplenium scolopendrium 'Cristatum'
[Crested Hart's Tongue Fern]


Cheilanthes lanosa
[Hairy Lip Fern]


Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Monday 13 June 2016

Waiting for Godot

Play by Samuel Beckett

Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Vladimir: Barry McGovern
Estragon: Johnny Murphy
Pozzo: Alan Stanford
Lucky: Stephen Brennan
Boy: Sam McGovern


New acquisitions in Hortus Godotii

Polystichum tsussimense

[Korean rock fern]


Heuchera 'Sunrise'



Halimium calycinum



Houttuynia cordata 'Chamaeleon'




Photographs © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

Tuesday 8 March 2016

Spring Flowers on 1st March, 2016

Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete' 
Photo © Hans van den Bos, Ireland
Primula vulgaris
Photo © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

'Rana temporaria' in Godot's

February / March 2016

Photos © Hans van den Bos, Ireland