Kew Gardens has five conservatories in total from the famous palm house to the water lily house. They have everything from cacti to alpine plants inside. Tickets to Kew Gardens are available from ...

Kew - and was growing in a number of aquatic collections - but it was mistakenly identified as another species. It also holds the record as the largest water lily, with leaves growing more than 3m ...

Among the other extraordinary stories told in the series is how the race between Kew and Chatsworth House to flower the first giant Amazonian water-lily led to new possibilities in glasshouse ...