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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – December 2014 – Petersham Nurseries, RHS Wisley (twice), Hampton Court (Cabbages & Kings)….

Categories Abstract Photography, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Camellias, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, House plants, Indoor gardening, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, Vegetables, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – December 2014 – Petersham Nurseries, RHS Wisley (twice), Hampton Court (Cabbages & Kings)….

December - ending with a severe chill, here in London, and snow elsewhere- but still much colour to be found. Hellebores and winter cherry blossom, Cotoneaster, Camellias and Anemones, early Narcissus and Hyacinths, some tropical loveliness in the Glasshouse at Wisley, Cabbages and Kings at Hampton Court and a bevvy of Heraldic Beasts. Happy New…

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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – October 2014 – Dahlias (a lot), Petersham Nurseries, Thug, Wild Food Foraging, Pruning Climbing Roses, A Cutting Garden. Hints of Autumn.

Categories Abstract Photography, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, herbaceous, late summer border, Petersham Nurseries, Pruning, Roses, Wild Food/Foraging1 Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – October 2014 – Dahlias (a lot), Petersham Nurseries, Thug, Wild Food Foraging, Pruning Climbing Roses, A Cutting Garden. Hints of Autumn.

Dahlias all the way at Petersham Nurseries Echeverias - tender (-ish) succulents with perfect rosettes Wild Food Foraging with Claudio Bincoletto at Petersham Nurseries Thug, the Petersham cat, nap interrupted and none too happy for that! Rose pruning at Peteresham Nurseries - making sense of a very overgrown climber Colour elsewhere in the Cutting Garden.…

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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – May 2014 – Kew Gardens, Composting, Auriculas, the first Roses, Wild Food Foraging, Chelsea Fringe and Chelsea Flower Show, Petersham Nurseries. Intimations of Summer.

Categories Abstract Photography, Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Auricula, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, Composting, container gardening, cookery, Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, General comment, herbaceous, my projects, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, plants for roses, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Wild Food/ForagingLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – May 2014 – Kew Gardens, Composting, Auriculas, the first Roses, Wild Food Foraging, Chelsea Fringe and Chelsea Flower Show, Petersham Nurseries. Intimations of Summer.

Roses, amazingly early, appreciating the mild winter and warm, early Spring. Kew Gardens, Auriculas, Paeonies, Chelsea Fringe and a brief call in at the Chelsea Flower Show, more roses, much at Petersham Nurseries, Wild Food foraging with Claudio Bincoletto, the Joy of Composting... another glorious month!

Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – April 2014 – RHS London Show, Kew Gardens, Ightham Mote, Knole, Emmetts Garden & Petersham Nurseries. Spring in full spate.

Categories Abstract Photography, Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Auricula, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Flower Shows, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Magnolia, my projects, National Trust Gardens, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Trees, Trees for smaller gardensLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – April 2014 – RHS London Show, Kew Gardens, Ightham Mote, Knole, Emmetts Garden & Petersham Nurseries. Spring in full spate.

  A colourful progression through the month, featuring Wisley, Igtham Mote, Knole, Petersham Nurseries, RHS London Show, Kew Gardens, my own projects featuring Spring Bulbs and new planting..... Flowering Cherries, Crab Apples, massed Tulips, Rhododendrons and Azaleas, Bluebells, Auriculas.... a gorgeous month.

Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – January 2014 – at Wisley and Kew. Winter breaks early.

Categories Abstract Photography, Alpine, Architectural Plants, container gardening, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, Hydrangea, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), Trees for smaller gardens, Wildlife gardening, Winter Garden1 Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – January 2014 – at Wisley and Kew. Winter breaks early.

JANUARY - Hamamelis x intermedia Orange Peel Cornus alba Sibirica in container displays at Wisley Rhododendron nobleanum Album Prunus himalaica Hydrangea paniculata Galanthus elwesii Sarcococca confusa Dogwoods at Kew and the Alpine House from the Grass Borders Galanthus elwesii at Kew and Berberis (below) Chimonathus praecox Grandiflorus Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis and Chaenomeles speciosa at the…

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Orange, scarlet, blue and shocking pink – Christmas in Technocolor

Categories Abstract Photography, Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Christmas, container gardening, Fragrant plants, General comment, House plants, Petersham Nurseries, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Orange, scarlet, blue and shocking pink – Christmas in Technocolor

A little technicolor dreaming, an antidote to a wholly white Christmas - intimations of spring too - tulips and hyacinths flowering outdoor next April/May, as cut flowers, we can enjoy them now - the anemones and Amaryllis too - while Orchids are available year round. Clementines, limes and lemons - just as colourful and a…

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Tripping the light fantastic at Kew Gardens….

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Kew Gardens are gearing up for their Christmas light show Extravaganza with a whole array of fixtures and fittings being installed in the parkland - the even opens on the 26th November. These are just a tiny fraction of the lighting that is being installed. http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/christmas-at-kew-2014 I think I will be attending....

Five pictures to brighten a wet Monday… cosmos, sunflowers, violas, zinnias in orbit – and Thug, the Petersham Cat….

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The cosmos are still floating around at head height, self-supporting and with ferny-filmy foliage - they have just kept on going and going this season with more to come... Likewise the sunflowers have had a great season, though their flower power is slowing down and much seed is being set. The zinnias, another late season…

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Only the crumbliest, flakiest chocolate, tastes like chocolate never tasted before…

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Creamy, gauzy, hazy combinations of pale foxgloves, astilbe and roses with hydrangea Annabelle - and Ammi majus with muted dahlias and corn marigolds - I'm channeling the spirit of the iconic TV adverts Flake today... go on, you can hum it....! The blue of nepeta below, a misty blue, with the same mellow feeling.