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My first look at RHS Wisley (this year) – Colourful winter stems, Alpine and Glasshouse finery and more…

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Camellias, colour, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, Open to the public, Orchids, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, Trees, White Garden, Winter Garden, Wisteria, Woodland Garden3 Comments on My first look at RHS Wisley (this year) – Colourful winter stems, Alpine and Glasshouse finery and more…

I'm fortunate that the vast array of garden landscapes at RHS Wisley in Surrey are a short drive from Teddington HQ and that I can be as frequent a visitor as I am, without ever, ever being bored - there is always something, whatever the season, to delight and inspire. This unseasonably mild weather (about…

Continue reading ➞ My first look at RHS Wisley (this year) – Colourful winter stems, Alpine and Glasshouse finery and more…

Walk with me through the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley – a fragrant, colourful tour for these unexpectedly mild days …

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Camellias, Christmas, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Grasses, Hellebore, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Roses, Seasonal colour, Seeds, Shrubs, Snowdrops (Galanthus), Winter Garden, Woodland Garden2 Comments on Walk with me through the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley – a fragrant, colourful tour for these unexpectedly mild days …

I had the time to visit the gardens at RHS Wisley on Wednesday this week, the sunniest of days and quiet too (everybody else was at the work, or the supermarket, or on the M25... ) The colour and fragrance on offer was unexpectedly generous, with Camellias and Rhododendrons, Witch Hazel, Chimonathus and Edgworthia, Hellebores…

Continue reading ➞ Walk with me through the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley – a fragrant, colourful tour for these unexpectedly mild days …

A Teddington Gardener roundup on twitter – and 11 sleeps ’til Christmas

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Camellias, Christmas, colour, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Hellebore, herbaceous, House plants, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, TropicalLeave a Comment on A Teddington Gardener roundup on twitter – and 11 sleeps ’til Christmas

Here we are and it is nearly Christmas - 11 sleeps to go - and once more I'm apologising for the mean pickings here on Teddington Gardener, though if you have been following me on Twitter or Facebook, my contributions to the sum of all things Internet will seem much more regular, if one photo…

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Just a little gallery – Acers through to Woodwardia – a horticultural catch-up of the past couple of colourful, autumnal weeks

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, dark foliage plants, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Japanese Maples (Acers), Magnolia, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, Seasonal colour, Trees, Trees for smaller gardens, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on Just a little gallery – Acers through to Woodwardia – a horticultural catch-up of the past couple of colourful, autumnal weeks

  Well, Acers first - from Wisley and Kew, Winkworth Arboretum and here and thereabouts! Followed by the rest of the As through to C ..s .... and moving on through the D E F and a touch of the Gs - there's a whole little gallery of Gentians afterwards - the more colourful elements…

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A few days …. all manner of early autumn herbaceous-ness, roses, dahlias, sunflower, more herbaceous perennials, heuchera and Solenostemon (finishing up with Crinkly Bottom….)

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Dry Garden, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Hydrangea, late summer border, Roses, Seasonal colour, Vegetables, Woodland Garden2 Comments on A few days …. all manner of early autumn herbaceous-ness, roses, dahlias, sunflower, more herbaceous perennials, heuchera and Solenostemon (finishing up with Crinkly Bottom….)

a little late summer turning to autumn herbaceousness for your delight and delectation.... It has been a few days since my last blog entry and I have been busy working, gardening and photographing. A new camera has already improved the picture offering I think, with more natural and realistic colours. With file sizes between 10MG…

Continue reading ➞ A few days …. all manner of early autumn herbaceous-ness, roses, dahlias, sunflower, more herbaceous perennials, heuchera and Solenostemon (finishing up with Crinkly Bottom….)

Everything I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live today ….

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, evergreen perennial, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, House plants, Hydrangea, Indoor gardening, Japanese Maples (Acers), Kitchen Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Orchids, Plants for a shady garden?, plants for roses, Rhododendron & Azalea, Roses, Seasonal colour, Seeds, Shrubs, Spring Garden, Summer garden, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical, White Garden, Wildlife gardening1 Comment on Everything I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live today ….

Voila! All my photos from the show in one gallery - I've had a lovely day but with several hours travel up and down the M40 and sat sitting on the M25... well here are my pictures and I'm going out for some dinner now..... There is, I grant, a little sorting through, grouping, annotating…

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Auriculas at Kew

Categories Alpine, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, spring flowering, Spring Garden2 Comments on Auriculas at Kew

Auriculas on sale at Kew Gardens - not in their little plant centre but right by the exit. How Fiendish! I don't think they have had them in stock for a couple of years and if I remember rightly, they were selling them last with Victorian terracotta pots, at £10 or more. Now they are…

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Davies Alpine House at Kew Gardens – and the Rock Garden too – wandering through Kew today

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, General comment, Open to the public, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, spring flowering, Spring GardenLeave a Comment on Davies Alpine House at Kew Gardens – and the Rock Garden too – wandering through Kew today

Continuing with my wanderings through Kew, leaving the Duke's Garden behind and passing the emerging grass borders, we head to the Davies Alpine House and the serpentine Rock Garden beyond. More peonies and iris, more intense colour and floral fireworks - though this last specimen, Viburnum macrocephalum Sterile is more of a giant snowball!  

Auriculas and other delights – the Alpine House at RHS Wisley, early May

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A delight, as ever, inside the Alpine House at RHS Wisley. Auriculas are out in numbers, and much else besides. A perfect spot then to while away half an hour, taking in the rich detail and rich colours of many of these splendid little fellows.