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If you watched Kew Gardens: A Year In Bloom on @channel5_tv this evening, you would have seen our display of banana plants in the Palm House and the false banana in the Temperate House. Follow this thread to find out more about these remarkable crops 👇 🌿 https://t.co/uBrFkJovxR

Wakehurst features more than 500 acres of ornamental gardens, lakes and a private nature reserve. Visit @wakehurst_kew and more with our #GW2for1 card. Find it with our May issue in stores now or online https://t.co/XnS6lBAl4e 📸: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew #ConnectWithNature https://t.co/pLtv2boWPA

Take the guesswork out of gardening, with our guide to the best planting combinations to brighten your garden right now. 🌸 https://t.co/ZM1wmwn9bo

At Kew, we’re growing some very unusual types of banana like the Musa velutina, commonly known as the pink banana, which could be the key to protecting their delicious yellow cousins. https://t.co/r05Y55DHHv

Although it resembles its Asian cousin, the False banana (Ensete ventricosum) is not grown for the curved yellow fruit. In southern Ethiopia, where it feeds an estimated 20 million people, it's the vegetative parts of this plant that make it so valuable: https://t.co/Yf0QxUktZ5 https://t.co/4np1EBUy7D

Humans have bred bananas to be farmed, so they can no longer reproduce on their own. This means each banana plant is genetically identical to the previous generation and disease can easily wipe out the crop as there's very little resistance: https://t.co/UafUHACU4q 🍌 https://t.co/Eyp9nm232o

such a lovely cake 😍😍 https://t.co/g12DVRG8DA

Head to our stories to see some WALLPAPER !! reveals from our collaboration with mothpaper !! More details to come soon! 💘💘 #textureflorals

Spring in pink - #Helleborus ‘Double Ellen’ and #Primula https://t.co/CXVS0E4vvy

The field is almost done & I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s the time of the year where it’s a huge push to get everything in the ground which means behind the scenes it’s lots of frozen dinners, dirt stained hands, mounds of clean & dirty laundry, sore backs & a reward of evening walks around the farm soaking in all the feels of working hard & seeing the vision all coming together. Those evening walks as a family are my favorite part of the day, seeing everything starting to catch & the farm really coming to life. It doesn’t look like much now but soon this field will be bursting with beauty & I can’t wait! 🙌 #flowerfarm #flowerfarmer #flowerfarming #thefarmhouseflowerfarm

Love air plants? We have a few... #airplantnursery #tillandsia #flowers #bloom #asheville #epiphytes #apptropicals #wnc #plants #houseplants #avl #airplants #weship https://t.co/zQCjX5Oghl

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Do your plants need the Chelsea Chop? It's a great way to encourage plants to produce better flowers, later in the year. Find out how to do it. #ChelseaChop https://t.co/bvLVPesaAr

Why do we blow out the candles on our birthday? The Greeks believed the smoke of the candles would rise to the heavens after blowing them out! More behind some of our birthday traditions https://t.co/4vrXdhJxQD https://t.co/bqvZpQ1rhS

Did you know you can grow melons in the UK? Find out how to grow this delicious fruit in your own garden. https://t.co/ilZ7Ee4KL5