New in Hortus Godotii in Spring 2016

Tulipa greigii 'Rotkäppchen'
Photo © Hans van den Bos, Ireland

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

 

Fuchsia 'Mrs. Popple'

Still flowering on the 10th December since 22nd June this year.

(Normally flowering until the middle of October)

Fuchsia 'Mrs. Popple in Hortus Godotii
[Photo: Hans van den Bos]

The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) in 1703 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566)