Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Penstemon Pink Riding Hood and fragrant English Rose, Boscobel, from the David Austin stable. In fact, Boscobel has many guises and can be a deeper pink or stronger orange, depending on weather conditions and a mature shrub will have all shades represented, adding to the overall appeal. Fruity fragrance too. Pink and Orange can work.…
Continue reading ➞ Pink and Orange. Together? Oh yes!
One of my favourite Agapanthus this, Queen Mum (not even Queen Mother or HRH Queen Mother), a tall statuesque thing of beauty, with lilac-violet-blue blushes to the pure white trumpets, forming large globes held aloft at least 1m/1.2m above the strappy green leaves. No shrinking violet, this. Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis Queen Mum ['PMN06'] (Queen…
Continue reading ➞ Just Agapanthus Queen Mum
Deadheading the roses this afternoon - a necessary but enjoyable part of rose care and maintenance - and once again, a box of delights remains. Yesterday, three boxes of petals were given out for jam-making adventures. Today, slimmer pickings, one young girl took the whole tray with the expectation to taking them home to Edinburgh.…
Continue reading ➞ Is it deadheading – or wabi-sabi in action at Petersham Nurseries?
