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Hand-coloured ilustration of fungi sorts, from Theodor Christian Ellrodt: Schwamm-pomona. Bayreuth: 1800.

#UKFungusDay

The team at Wisley Library are supporting the Cyclamen society show at Hilltop today.

This painting is taken from an album of paintings by the botanical author Margaret Mary Plues dating from c.1850-60 and is identified by the artist as Cyclamen europaeum.

#Cyclamen

Book now! Starting tomorrow, every Friday at 10.30am you can enjoy a Treasures Tour at RHS Hilltop- The Home of Gardening Science. Join us to see highlights from our superb collections. Tomorrow we'll look at the role of women in the history of our books. https://t.co/6YsFo3zB20

We just love these beautifully personal drawing resources by artist Chloe Briggs inspired by #BotanicalArt in our collections & #MakingParadise @AKCGallery

Download for free for creative tips & inspiration to draw the plants that mean something to you: https://t.co/A7kpqi6PiG

Attracting butterflies to our gardens has been a long standing aim for gardeners. As well as looking beautiful, they're important pollinators.

These two pieces of art from the Lindley Library show that even in the 19th century we wanted butterflies in our gardens!

Did you know each month is represented by a different flower?

August's flower is the Gladioli. Gladiolus symbolises strength of character, Moral Integrity and honour and stands for sincerity Gladiolus bloom in variety of colours like red, pink, white, yellow and orange.

Penstemons are one of the most valuable late summer-flowering perennials and, in all but the coldest regions, are easy and reliable.

Available in a variety of colours, they are great for pollinators!

Fuchsias remain one of the UK's most popular garden plants.

Their flowers are diverse, ranging from dainty and elegant to bold and bright, which makes them them great additions in bedding displays, containers or borders.

The images come from the Lindley Library collection.

It's #InsectWeek21🐞 & a great chance to learn all about the wonderful world of #entomology! How about going bold & recreating this 19th century carpet bedding design in the shape of a butterfly [950 THO]? You could fill it with plants to attract all manner of insects? 🦋

We've found a couple more images from our collections showing butterflies at work in gardens, so as the ones we shared before went down well, we thought we'd share these too.

What have you planted in your garden to attract Butterflies?