Pale and interesting - Calluna vulgaris in shades of pale pinks, white and cream. Specimens such as these offer Ideal planting for window boxes and containers providing a long period of interest, alone or partnered with trailing ivy for contrast, baby skimmia rubella, the soon-to-be everywhere cyclamen, violas and pansies, black grasses (Ophiopogon) and heucheras,…
Month: August 2014
Three beauties from David Austin…
Another flush of roses, possibly the last of the summer and for that, very much appreciated and admired. Many of the David Austin flock will have begun flowering in late May, this year at least, and will still have an abundant show left in them before the needs for a little quiet-time assert themselves and…
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Now I know – it’s Salvia forskaohlei – and Balkan, not Bulgarian…
orskaohlei...Salvia forskaohlei (Forskahl's Sage) (Indigo Woodland Sage) The large, almost triangular leaves of this Balkan native make a striking base for the long spires of white-streaked, violet-blue blooms where robust flower stems arch gracefully above the basal foliage, lying close to the ground. for more reading.... http://www.worldofsalvias.com/gallry12.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10986782/Dream-of-colour-Growing-salvias-is-the-answer.html http://gardendrum.com/2013/04/22/favourite-autumn-flowering-salvias/
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The violas are back in town….
Violas from the Coconut series, ~ ice, ~ duet, ~ swirl etc., Charming little faces, which belies their near indestructible hardiness and immense flowering capacity. In addition to these colours, violas come in an extraordinarily wide palette from clear white and golden yellows to near black, though a spectrum of blue and well, violet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3346277/Winter-pansies-and-violas-How-to-grow.html…
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Evening sunshine #hydrangealove
Hydrangeas may be in flower for several months, peaking in late summer but often adding interest for many more months, as the dying flower heads dessicate and dry, catching cobwebs and dew, frost and low sunshine. Not always and not all are beautiful as they decay, but practically, the flower heads do provide some…
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Evening sunshine – exploring some cooler tones for the late summer border
Anemone hupehensis praecox (above) and Bressingham Glow (below) Dahlia Cornish Ruby (below) New from David Austin for 2014/15, their repeat flowering Rambler rose, Lady of the Lake. Love it. (below) Astrantia Roma, against a background of Agastache (above) Caryopteris Dark Knight (below), a very useful sub-shrub, with long-lasting blue flowers and silvery foliage. A mecca…
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Evening sunshine – exploring some warmer tones for the late summer border
Heleniums, always starring in the late summer border - the yellow here is Double Trouble, the other, Helena Red. Below, the same combination in different focus and below that, Ruby Tuesday Helenium Ruby Tuesday (above) and more rich tones to follow - Achillea Walther Funcke Crocosmia George Davison - and peaking between the twin peaks…
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Roses, naturally…
Here I am at my first rose workshop at Petersham Nurseries, a worldwide tour of the rose world, taking in several million years of history, paying particular attention to the glories of the Old Rose families. Now I'm looking forward to my next Workshop on Tuesday 14th October - more roses (of course) with a…
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A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
A damp day at Petersham but the hardy gardener was undaunted and the plants were looking fine - the Cutting Garden has swelled quite noticeably, just in the week while I was away up North in t'Yorkshire - with more and more dahlias, sunflowers, twining vines, sweet peas, cosmos... A fine time to take some…
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