More Wisteria, a Spring Garden and a Fragrant Cat –

I've recently found and photographed some rather grand properties, or at the very least, expensive ones - over which wisteria has been artfully draped. This mid-terrace by Teddington Lock is probably pricey, but it is not palatial. The wisteria however, is quite extravagant. The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries this morning. You can almost hear…

Avalanche – an evergreen clematis living up to its name…

Clematis cartmanii Avalanche This mass of flowers belongs to a ferny-leaved, evergreen clematis, a scrambling non-clinging climber - or trailer - that can reach 2-3m. Preferring a sunny site, it has the largest flowers of any of the Cartmanii varieties and is happy in the border or in a container. It has gained a coveted…