{"id":8053,"date":"2022-03-18T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T17:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2022-03-18T19:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:39:46","slug":"kew-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/18\/kew-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Kew in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-835x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_113654-Kew-Witch-Hazel-rotated.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><figcaption>Witch Hazel, <em>Hamamelis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_115215-Kew-Golden-Lotus-Banana.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Golden Lotus Banana, a relative of the edible banana plant, and enough like a sacred lotus for it to be also sacred in (Chinese) Buddhism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_112515-Kews-Avenue-with-flowering-cherry-sentinels.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kew&#8217;s Avenue with flowering cherry sentinels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_122024-Temperate-House-Strelitzia-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_122024-Temperate-House-Strelitzia-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_122024-Temperate-House-Strelitzia-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_122024-Temperate-House-Strelitzia-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_122024-Temperate-House-Strelitzia-rotated.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>A <em>Strelitzia <\/em>in the Temperate House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317_124250-Kews-Magnolia-Grove.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>People were buzzing around Kew&#8217;s Magnolia Grove like entranced bees drunk on nectar. 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