Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham and other Violas….
In a pot of lovely but quite ordinary and diminutive bedding violas, an interloper of more considerable character. A little …
September 2014
I put a spell on you: Colourful cyclamen and a little foray into witchcraft
A relation to the popular houseplant, Cyclamen persica, these outdoor bedding cyclamen will add a splash of colour to seasonal …
Echeverias – perfect little rosettes for the winter house and summer garden
Echeverias Tough perfect rosettes for the summer garden and a holiday indoors for the autumn and winter…. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5621823/How-to-grow-succulents.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/8899769/Sarah-Ravens-favourite-indoor-plants.html …
Margaret Merrill – an exceptionally fragrant rose from the Oil of Ulay beauty consultant
One of my most favourite roses, which I’ve just bought as a standard specimen, with large ruffled creamy white and …
Am I blue?
Asters and Hydrangeas, Salvia patens and Indigo Spires, and Caryopterix, Clematis viticella, Agapanthus, Viola, Penstemon, Verbena bonariensis, Dianella & Geranium …
Do not disturb….
Thug, the Petersham Nurseries cat, noticing his day-long cat-nap in the Propagation Unit might have been interrupted. Luckily, no casualties …
Lunch?
That’s the way to do it….
Pumkins & Squash, Harvest Festival, October, Halloween, Bonfire Night… Christmas!
Not long till Christmas!
Dahlias & Hydrangea – Autumn bouquets
If you’re given a Murano glass vase worth close to a ‘grand’ it helps to have a whole cutting garden …
