The revamped glasshouse is set to rival the elegant Palm House Gareth Gardner /KEW
In the worldâs largest Victorian glasshouse, a heavily laden trolley is heading my way, one man pulling from the front, three more steadying its load. On board is a tree I donât recognise. It is horizontal, which doesnât help, but to me it looks a bit like a palm with a Mohican, the stout trunk topped by a mass of long, spiky leaves.
âItâs a grass tree from Australia,â says horticulturist Scott Taylor. âIÂ can never spell the name,â he confesses, seeing me poised…
