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Jimmy Turner

@TexanInOz

Horticulturist on a new journey in New Zealand Former CEO of @redbuttegarden @RomaStreetPark @VisitSouthBank Former Director of Horticulture @rbgsydney 🏳️‍🌈

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LoddarLeitgib(@graveGardener) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy birthday Keukenhof 👍 never ending Rabattes with millions of Tulips, Hyacinths and daffodils. amazing what you all did! Congratulations - great job!👍 Jimmy Turner

Happy birthday @visitkeukenhof 👍 never ending Rabattes with millions of Tulips, Hyacinths and daffodils. amazing what you all did! Congratulations - great job!👍 @TexanInOz
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Michael Myers(@Snowdropman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An assemblage of Chilean blue crocuses. Clockwise from the top - Tecophilaea cyanocrocus, var. leichtlinii, var. violacea, ‘Craigton Cloud’, ‘Craigton Snowdrift’, T.cyanocrocus (good blue), ‘Storm Cloud’, T.cyanocrocus (white form)

An assemblage of Chilean blue crocuses. Clockwise from the top - Tecophilaea cyanocrocus, var. leichtlinii, var. violacea, ‘Craigton Cloud’, ‘Craigton Snowdrift’, T.cyanocrocus (good blue), ‘Storm Cloud’, T.cyanocrocus (white form) #fairviewyearround
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The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand(@ConversationEDU) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When researchers from University of Melbourne + ANU Media scanned the tree canopy with lasers, they found birds much prefer the branches of big old trees.

'The limbs and leaves that fall on the ground make excellent homes for many small creatures,' they write. theconversation.com/large-old-tree…

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Challen Willemsen 🌿(@challenguate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

help! I have tried the Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, and Nyctaginaceae in the Flora of Guatemala but I cannot get a match. It's a tendril-free climber growing in the understory of a humid mixed forest in central Guatemala at about 1,650 m altitude. Thanks!

#PlantID help! I have tried the Convolvulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, and Nyctaginaceae in the Flora of Guatemala but I cannot get a match. It's a tendril-free climber growing in the understory of a humid mixed forest in central Guatemala at about 1,650 m altitude. Thanks!
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Chris Thorogood(@thorogoodchris1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Rafflesia family contains the world’s largest flowers, spanning up to a metre across. Here are some I have painted in oils over the last few years, inspired by my adventures in Southeast Asia alongside some inspirational foresters and conservation heroes.

The Rafflesia family contains the world’s largest flowers, spanning up to a metre across. Here are some I have painted in oils over the last few years, inspired by my adventures in Southeast Asia alongside some inspirational foresters and conservation heroes.
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Jimmy Turner(@TexanInOz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Striped Sun (Thelymitra pulchella)
aceae is native to . These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes.

The Striped Sun #Orchid (Thelymitra pulchella) #Orchidaceae is native to #NewZealand. These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes. #NZFlora
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GullahMuseumSC(@GullahSc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

From okra and rice to fried okra to gumbo, Gullah Geechee have cooked with this fruit—yeah, it’s not a vegetable—since the ancestors brought it to these shores. But did you know it’s part of our folks medicine tradition too?

From okra and rice to fried okra to gumbo, Gullah Geechee have cooked with this fruit—yeah, it’s not a vegetable—since the ancestors brought it to these shores. But did you know it’s part of our folks medicine tradition too?
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Jimmy Turner(@TexanInOz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Apparently (commmonly called ) grows really well in the North Island of . These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel.

Apparently #Hippeastrum (commmonly called #Amaryllis) grows really well in the North Island of #NewZealand. These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel. #Bulbs #Flowers #Garden
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