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Tropical House Renovation – Update

High level polycarbonate cladding now replaced Built in 1986, the original polycarbonate cladding of the Tropical House was guaranteed for 14 years but survived for nearly 30years. An inspection in 2013 revealed that it had become critically degraded and the winter...

New Giant Waterlily Hybrid Update

Flowers of the new Giant Waterlily hybrid made at the garden last summer have begun to open.  Uniquely at VBG we used an un-named cultivar of V. amazonica as the father plant, so our hybrid is entirely new.  A bicolour flower trait that distinguished the father plant...