Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
All grey and overcast today so I though I should brighten up the day with a selection of Spring bulb images from my own back catalogue! The Roehampton garden project will be considerably brighter for all the bulb planting that went on last year (and I have about 20 large pots of bulbs yet to…
Continue reading ➞ Spring bulbs for a chill, wintery day
Daphne bholua 'Alba', the white flowered form of this intoxicatingly sweet scented shrub. Typically evergreen and growing 6' to 10' high, less in spread. Reading from Michael Dirr's Encyclopedia 'The Daphnes are great garden plants and several species offer the sweetest fragrance... Daphne culture is akin to voodoo medicine, and many different recommendations are given.…
Continue reading ➞ Daphne bholua Alba
Hydrangea Flower and Ice. An image taken during a magical walk around a near deserted and very snowy garden at RHS Wisley, Surrey. Colour and scent are available to furnish the winter garden but seed heads, spent flowers, last season's grass stems and much more can still delight. No need to be overly tidy and…
Continue reading ➞ Hydrangea and Ice
Lady Emma Hamilton. The buds of this English Rose, bred by David Austin and introduced in 2005, are red with orange flashes. The fully opened flowers are a rich mix of tangerine orange and gold and the whole is set off by dark, bronzy-green foliage which becomes dark green with age. This unusual colour combination…
Continue reading ➞ Lady Emma Hamilton
An abstract image taken yesterday at Syon. Repetition of themes, plants or features within a garden are elements of the language of design and which help create a garden with an overall, coherent appeal.
The English Rose, Darcey Bussell, bred by David Austin. The colour is a deep rich crimson which takes on a touch of mauve as the flower matures. This rose with its short, bushy growth, would be good for the front of the border. Introduced in 2006. Photographed this morning on a plant still with a…
Continue reading ➞ Darcey Bussell
Photo for the day... A crowd of snowdrops, taken at the Botanic Gardens at Kew
Very pleased to see some pale sunshine and blue-ish skies today despite temperatures not getting much above zero. Glad of my work boots with extra thick felt insoles, new winter socks, thermal leggings, fleece-lined trousers, long-sleeved thermal top, vest, 100% cashmere polo neck sweater (a chance find rummaging through the wardrobe this morning but a…
Continue reading ➞ Cold day, winter sun
A double hellebore. Just a few early varieties of hellebore are flowering now and the display will only get better, continuing into March and, wait for it, Spring. Here's a taste of what we have to look forward to.
The Teddington Gardener 