Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
The Cherry Walk at Kew Gardens, coming up from the Mediterranean Garden and heading towards the roses and Palm House. A couple of weeks ago, this path was lined with pink and white confections, flurries of blossom in candyfloss shades - but now green is the theme. Yet... There is still rather a lot going…
A few minutes to explore this remarkable tree, at the nadir of pristine lilac-pink blossom, leaves just pumping up from remarkable miniatures and the undoubted star of the Mediterranean Garden at Kew Gardens today. There was birdsong, but also the planes, so perhaps you might lower the volume on your whatever-it-is-you're-watching-this-on device!
Well, I think that just about gives you every angle! This remarkable tree, Cercis siliquastrum, also known as the Judas tree, forms part of the Mediterranean Landscape at Kew Gardens and is just about at its best just now. Alone it is both striking and beautiful but contrasting with the yellow, fragrant gorse, the combination…
The Gentlemen of Amateur Gardening and their Jubilee Souvenir I am thinking of the month ahead - May - and what jobs we gardener's can look forward to as the earth continues to tilt towards summer. I'm looking at a vaguely antiquarian book called The Gardener's Enquire Within, which seems to have something to do…
Continue reading ➞ The Gardener’s Enquire Within – Tasks and Interest for the month of May
Pests and Diseases & Disorders Integrated Pest Management and green strategies Integrated Pest Management Pests, Disease or Disorder? Notes on - Pests – glasshouse whitefly, mealybug, aphids, slugs & snails, glasshouse red spider mite, vine weevil, leafhopper, lily and rosemary beetles, scale insects. Diseases – powdery mildew, blackspot, honey fungus, fireblight Disorders –…
Continue reading ➞ Pests and Diseases – notes for a Workshop
Back again - a return to Kew after two incredibly hot and sunny days which have brought on the display immeasurably. I thought it was good on a dull Monday morning, but today, more, more and more blossom, puffed out, expanded and exploded and there is still more to come! Some of the trees that…
Cornus x nuttallii x florida It was cherry-heaven all the way this morning, especially as I hadn't planned on calling in and my time was short, and the cherries were the thing. Though I rather begrudged the fact that it was cloudy and grey - I'd hoped to call in on Thursday at the tail…
I had to rearrange my commitments this morning which gave me an unexpected hour or two to call into Kew Gardens to investigate the Cherry Blossom. An early visit meaning I was the first to park outside the Victoria Gate and one of the first to go through the gates.I was guaranteed the Cherry Walk…
A ruined 14th Century moated house set in rolling Kent countryside, which, populated by so many rhododendrons, will be even more of a sight in their season... Yes, that's a real Henry Moore on the island... A Victorian mansion built above, and above an imposing Quarry Garden looks over the surrounding estate, ruins and countryside…
Continue reading ➞ Scotney Castle – two for the price of one… @ScotneyCastleNT #SpringWatching
The Teddington Gardener 