{"id":11781,"date":"2022-06-07T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=83201"},"modified":"2022-06-07T15:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:01:09","slug":"see-the-superbloom-at-the-tower-of-london","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/see-the-superbloom-at-the-tower-of-london\/","title":{"rendered":"See the \u2018Superbloom\u2019 at the Tower of London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Abigail Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Platinum Jubilee weekend may be over, but the Tower of London continues to mark the occasion throughout summer with their \u2018Superbloom\u2019 \u2013 a floral display and haven for wildlife surrounding the famous fortress.<\/p>\n

Over 20 million carefully selected seeds were sown in the Tower of London\u2019s moat earlier this year, designed to develop in sweeping waves of colour throughout the summer. This month flowers gradually begin to flourish throughout the display, changing colours and patterns until September.<\/p>\n

Familiar wildflowers will appear in the moat over the next couple of months, from red poppies<\/a> and yellow corn marigolds to blue cornflowers<\/a>. Sunflowers, cosmos<\/a> and rudbeckias will flower into early autumn.<\/p>\n

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A Beefeater admiring the alliums of the Superbloom<\/span><\/figcaption> \u00a9 Historic Royal Palaces<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The crowning glory of the display is the \u2018Queen\u2019s Garden\u2019, installed in the Tower\u2019s historic Bowling Green. Inspired by the Queen\u2019s coronation gown by Norman Hartnell, this elegant garden features a combination of meadow flowers, topiary<\/a> and summer-flowering perennials<\/a>\u00a0and ornamental grasses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Selected by Sheffield University Planting Professor Nigel Dunnett<\/a>, the flowers will provide a rich source of food and nectar for pollinators, bringing more biodiversity to the Tower\u2019s urban surroundings.<\/p>\n

Visitors will be treated to an ambient score, Music for Growing Flowers<\/em> by contemporary composer Erland Cooper, as they take in the display, plus a collection of dragonflies, bees and butterflies hand-crafted in copper and brass by sculpture artist Mehrdad Tafreshi.<\/p>\n

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Superbloom at Tower of London<\/span> <\/figcaption> \u00a9 Historic Royal Palaces<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Superbloom at Tower of London<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Superbloom at Tower of London<\/span> <\/figcaption> \u00a9 Historic Royal Palaces<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

The Superbloom display at the Tower of London is open to the public until 18 September 2022. For more information and to book tickets, visit hrp.org.uk<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Don\u2019t miss Nigel Dunnett\u2019s Gardens Illustrated<\/em> Masterclass talk in June.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h3><\/body><\/html>\n
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