Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
"I'm ready for my close-up" Hannah Gordon Not I might add our favourite Scottish actress, but the weird and slightly alien landscape at the heart of this bi-colour floribunda that I have taken a recent shine to. A clean crystalline white with neatly cherry-red to pink flushing, picotee edge and a wavy ruffling of the…
Continue reading ➞ Hannah Gordon, up close…
A mixed gallery of roses, including English Roses from David Austin, climbers and modern shrubs, Hybrid Teas and floribundas. No curating of images here, just those that caught my eye yesterday. My blog, my rules!
Just the thing. Not too floral, or sweet, with zesty lemon. Very refreshing.
Clematis Beautiful Bride Large white blooms (an early lemon stripe develops into pure white) and very free flowering. Already winning many awards and with such a name (or despite it), I think it will do well. Even the young plants I saw today are crowded with open flowers and long buds. It is a new-ish…
Continue reading ➞ Polish Spirit
More David Austin roses, this time in a novelty circular themed gallery. Not entirely sure about the presentation - hardly Fornasetti - then again it could be developed into a range of tableware? Get me David Austin HQ! Wollerton Old Hall, Morning Mist, Teasing Georgia (l-r, top) Teasing Georgia, Crown Princess Margareta, A Shropshire Lad…
Continue reading ➞ Introducing the circle…
Staying with David Austin Roses for a moment here, with Crown Princess Margareta, introduced in 1999 and why not refer to the RHS Encyclopedia of Roses once more too? "It is sometimes said that David Austin's latest English Roses are very like his earlier ones. Crown Princess Margareta however, shows how consistent has been the…
Continue reading ➞ Crown Princess Margareta
A rose introduced by David Austin in 1996, with sprays of cupped flowers showing off the stamens within. The strong fragrance is sweet and pervasive, a good example of the English myrrh note, first introduced with Constance Spry - referring to Myrrhis odorata and therefore an aniseed complex, a hint of Pernod perhaps? "A neat…
Continue reading ➞ Scepter’d Isle
The Most Beautiful Water Lily, Nymphaea Bimini Twist, photographed in the Lily House at Kew this week. Electric! "Nymphaea 'Bimini Twist' is an exciting new tropical waterlily hybrid that creates a new unique look with an abundance of petalloid stamens making for an exceptionally full flower. This tropical waterlily also has the benefit of vividly…
Continue reading ➞ Bimini Twist
Historical information The Princess of Wales Conservatory was commissioned in 1982 to replace a group of 26 smaller buildings that were falling into disrepair. It was named after Princess Augusta, founder of Kew, and opened in 1987 by Diana, Princess of Wales. It is the most complex conservatory at Kew, containing ten computer-controlled climatic zones…
Continue reading ➞ Glasshouses at Kew
The Teddington Gardener 