...and a shop like no other. Wonderland. Petersham Nurseries looking scrumptious today.
Month: March 2014
Roses, Petersham Nurseries and Sunshine
Petersham Nurseries in the sunshine this afternoon. A lovely Spring Day with a beautiful, warm and sunny weekend ahead. So much to take in but I have to start with roses... Roses all the way down both sets of benches here - a diverse selection but many, many classic shrub and Old Roses and it…
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Orchids at Kew – last call….
The Orchid Festival at Kew ends this Sunday - 9th March - and if you can get there, it comes highly recommended. And it is at least 21 degrees centigrade in there, with a tropical soundtrack to boot. Gorgeous. http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids/
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Chaenomeles – Japonica to you and me….
Chaenomeles x hybrida, in pink This pink stand of Chaenomeles x hybrida, by the Pagoda at Kew Gardens today. Though I do not know what it is a hybrid of - Chaenomeles speciosa, in scarlet The scarlet Chaenomeles speciosa sits within the Japanese Landscape under the Chokushi-Mon and grabs the eye! The camellias are dropping…
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Sometimes the old ones are the best…
I joined the Historic Roses Group last year (at the Hampton Court Flower Show in fact) and have been looking after a collection of Old Roses for a few years now - as well as following their use in the breeding of modern English roses from David Austin. There is much to admire and hundreds…
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Orchids at Kew … take three
Orchids at Kew, in the Princess of Wales Conservatory. On until 9th March 2014 at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/orchids/ I should be on commission!
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Tackling that mossy lawn..
I've been battling with a particularly stubborn problem lawn since last summer - specifically rampant moss that refuses to give in.. True, the lawn is shaded by maturing trees - specimens which have grown significantly over the past three or four years - maples, mimosa, a spreading Robinia, oak too, from next door; it was…
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The Teddington Gardener redesigned…
Yes, you have come to the right place... Spurred on by the changing seasons, Winter to burgeoning Spring, a change of style for The Teddington Gardener. Still me, the same plant profiles, garden guides/history/design, all my own photography, everything - but wrapped up in a fresh set of new clothes.
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Primula Gold Lace Group
Primula Gold Lace Group One of my favourite springtime plants, the Florist's Polyanthus (primrose) Gold Lace Group - beautifully formed, deeply coloured & scalloped petals edged in gold, tall stems and silver buds lifted clear from a collar of ruffled green leaves. Just lovely! A strain kept alive in Lancashire and Cheshire, through the original…
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