Press Release
SPECTACULAR PUNCH BOWL TO BLAZE MAY COLOUR AT VALLEY GARDENS
29 April 2008
The Royal Landscape’s Valley Gardens are at their most resplendent when the Japanese Kurume Azaleas, first introduced by the English plant hunter Ernest Henry Wilson in 1918, are in full blaze in the famous Punch Bowl in early May.
Graham Sanderson, Head of the Valley Gardens, said: “Flowering in the Punch Bowl begins in late April, reaching a peak in the first two weeks of May before tailing off into June. The spectacle is incredible with the many tens of thousands of plants in flower together, ranging from white, to the softest pink, to rose pink and ruby. The dramatic wooded landscape offers fresh views at every turn.”
Visitors to the Valley Gardens will also be able to enjoy the wide range of other spring flowers including magnolias, Japanese cherries and spring heathers in the Heather Garden. The whole area has a verdant appearance with the new leaves on the outstanding range of trees and shrubs. In addition, Azalea Valley is home to huge numbers of deciduous azaleas which in May and June provide a kaleidoscope of colour, with reds, oranges, yellows and purples.
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