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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The violas are back in town….
Violas from the Coconut series, ~ ice, ~ duet, ~ swirl etc., Charming little faces, which belies their near indestructible hardiness and immense flowering capacity. In addition to these colours, violas come in an extraordinarily wide palette from clear white and golden yellows to near black, though a spectrum of blue and well, violet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3346277/Winter-pansies-and-violas-How-to-grow.html…
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Richmond Hill – green & pleasant/I can sing a Rainbow
A pale view from Richmond Hill this morning - towards Petersham and Ham - and something rather more hectic, the summer display at the Roebuck watering hole... Petunias, fuchsias, begonias, lobelia, verbena, lysimachia and more - a waterfall of colour which will be going strong until the frosts.
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Biff! Kapow! Bang! Kew Gardens turns up the heat… Oranges, Reds and Yellows take Centre Stage
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June, in an English garden bordering Richmond Park
and my summer containers, barely a month planted up - some large terracotta pots and about 8 smaller, though still sizeable, Chelsea planters in complimentary colours. and a shallow bowl of house leeks, Sempervivens, in flower...
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Wisteria billowing, Hawthorn blooming, Tulips flourishing – my day in seven photographs
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Spring with Zing! A kaleidoscope of colours and a cat
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Simple ideas for scented spring containers
Simple, scented displays here, grouped on tables and terraces in a garden in Kew:- Narcissus Tête à Tête, white Hyacinths (either Aiolos or Carnegie, I forget which - most probably Carnegie, here), taller early-flowering daffodils, primrose-coloured and scented Wall flowers (Sugar Rush - a variety in bloom from Autumn through to Spring) and primroses in pale…
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Primula Gold Lace Group
I've mentioned this pretty thing recently and I thought it deserves another outing - here it is again...
The Teddington Gardener 