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Pictured: Assistant Head Gardener at Abbotsbury Sean Boast with the Chilean puya plant which has bloomed for the first time in five years. <br />
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Unbeleafable!<br />
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Visitors to an English garden attraction can enjoy a Day of the Triffids experience surrounded by these giant 8ft leaves.<br />
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The massive Gunnera Manicata leaves are native to Brazil and are big enough for a whole family to shelter under one.<br />
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The monster plant, known as a giant rhubarb, grown at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset is enjoying a booming year thanks to the early summer heatwave that hit the country in April and May.<br />
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The gardens, which enjoys its own micro-climate thanks to its position in a wooded and sheltered valley that leads down towards the sea at Chesil Beach, is also celebrating a rare flower blooming for the first time in five years.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS

Pictured: Assistant Head Gardener at Abbotsbury Sean Boast with the Chilean puya plant which has bloomed for the first time in five years.

Unbeleafable!

Visitors to an English garden attraction can enjoy a Day of the Triffids experience surrounded by these giant 8ft leaves.

The massive Gunnera Manicata leaves are native to Brazil and are big enough for a whole family to shelter under one.

The monster plant, known as a giant rhubarb, grown at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens in Dorset is enjoying a booming year thanks to the early summer heatwave that hit the country in April and May.

The gardens, which enjoys its own micro-climate thanks to its position in a wooded and sheltered valley that leads down towards the sea at Chesil Beach, is also celebrating a rare flower blooming for the first time in five years.