Month: March 2014
Autumn, Winter and early Spring Beauty: Prunus x subhirtella ‘Autumnalis Rosea’
The autumn-flowering cherry, Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' Spring-flowering cherries are coming into bloom now - and a fine sight they will be, really nothing to equal the glamorous profusion of it in fact. But this one is a proper gem, since it comes into flower whenever there is a mild spell throughout the winter…
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Fabulous Spring Fragrance – Osmanthus x burkwoodii – and a local Kingston-upon-Thames nursery story
A very useful evergreen shrub, with neat glossy leaves and masses of white, highly fragrant, sweetly scented flowers in early Spring. In sun or part-shade, growing 6' tall and through (though with judicious pruning after it has flowered, it can be kept more compact). The species name burkwoodii appears against several plants - and refers…
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Magnolias – blowsy and beautiful
We can't all do this, bring in a few branches of magnolia inside for the joy of it - but joyful it is. And very decadent.
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A Mediterranean Town Garden begins to shape up…
A Mediterranean Town Garden in Kew Another full day and progress is being made, though I think a hot bath is needed now for sore muscles! Pretty much all of the plants have found a home - and thankfully the soil is quite workable - stony, but compliant. Just a few specimens to plant tomorrow,…
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Spring is springing… the right plants at the right time, this time
Despite the early appearance of poppies - and unexplained red hot pokers in full bloom - Spring is asserting itself with just the right kind of bulbs and blossom - a little photo-gallery so that we can appreciate Nature's Bounty But then what are these things doing in flower right now - a whole clump…
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Plants and prospects for my new Kew Project
We're off to a good start - breaking ground today on my Mediterranean project in Kew. The first crop of plants have been delivered, including those I bought from North Hill Nurseries last week. The (growing) list includes - Caryopteris Heavenly Blue, Dark Knight, White Surprise (7), Euphorbia White Swan (3), Pinus Mugo Mops, Amelanchier…
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Snake charmers – Fritillaria meleagris
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Rosemoor/About-Rosemoor/Plant-of-the-month/April/Fritillaria-meleagris http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=814 A very helpful article from Sarah Raven in The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/8009417/How-to-grow-fritillaries.html and from Monty Don - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/gardening/article-1259182/MONTY-DON-A-soggy-spring-drown-tulips-crocuses-daffodils-magnificent-snakeshead-fritillary-thrive-it.html Some like it wet: A soggy spring can drown tulips, crocuses and daffodils, but the snakeshead fritillary will thrive in it By Monty Don UPDATED: 22:30, 19 March 2010 Most spring bulbs do best in…
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Poppycock
And which season do we think it is today, pray tell? If we were to take the evidence of this bright beauty, well it would be early summer... and this clump of poppies has been in flower for a couple of weeks, in a front garden a few door away from me at home in…
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