Holstein was a rich golden-green, with a lovely balance of acidity and sweet fruit and the trees were laden down. Barnack Orange too had this astringent freshness. Ingrid Marie awaits the taste test. In fact, the harvest appears to be rather splendid - the orchards go on for row upon row into the far distance…
Day: September 20, 2014
A new bed of roses…
All ready for a new planting of roses - Iceberg all - later this autumn. The bed is a little shaded both by the aspect and the overhanging ornamental cherry tree and the client is a fan of the near-perpetually blooming floribunda. If it is good enough for the American Ambassador's residence in Regent's park…
Continue reading ➞ A new bed of roses…
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The Palm House at Kew Gardens – venerable, verdant and packed full of Class A drugs… #intoxicatedbyKew
Some ideas for the conservatory at home then... maybe not anything from the new exhibition there now.... this plant? not mine, officer! A new event starts today - 20th September to 12th October - the Intoxication Season - http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/intoxication-season From everyday to Class A, mind-altering plants and fungi arrive at Kew this autumn. Explore the…
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The fireworks continue at Kew Gardens – this bedding display ramps up the intensity
and a bit of a cheat here, since this next picture was taken at Wisley a day earlier - but it fits the theme, with a great sea of Heliotrope 'Dwarf Marine'. My website! but back to Kew and passing through the shop and out....
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Bare naked ladies, cholera and the beautiful Colchicum, the Autumn crocus (and a Waterlily that is a lily, not a crocus, but not ‘that’ waterlily…)
Colchicum Waterlily growing in the woodland edge of the EA Bowles Garden at RHS Wisley earlier this week. Delicate they look, but are clearly tough enough to rough it out with the other woodland floor dwellers, like the Arum marmoratum in the foreground there. The leaves make a brief appearance in spring but are gone…
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