Camellias

A rainy day at Wisley – but read on – there’s Cherry, Camellia, Rhododendron, Magnolia & more…

Categories Acid-loving plants, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Japanese Maples (Acers), Magnolia, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on A rainy day at Wisley – but read on – there’s Cherry, Camellia, Rhododendron, Magnolia & more…

An exceptionally damp day, last Friday, at RHS Wisley in Surrey but undeterred was I, with my Driza-bone coat, wide-brimmed hat, umbrella and camera - it was business as usual ... Much opportunity for photography with ornamental cherries and Magnolias in blossom and looking fine; Camellias dotted throughout Battleston Hill and Seven-acre Wood; likewise some…

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A snapshot of Spring – Alpine & Woodland – Kew Gardens, mostly

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Organic Gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Woodland Garden1 Comment on A snapshot of Spring – Alpine & Woodland – Kew Gardens, mostly

Here's another of those galleries, a tumble-jumble of images but all taken in the last week and mostly at Kew Gardens. I did pop over to RHS Wisley on Saturday for their Spring Plant Fair - and bought a selection of Martagon Lilies from Jacques Armandes International and some brightly (brave, they called them) coloured…

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A banquet-kaleidoscope-smorgasbord-gallimaufry of early Spring colour and scent … (or Where’s Thug?)

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Climbing plants, colour, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, herbaceous, Japanese Maples (Acers), Magnolia, Ornamental trees, RHS WIsley, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Trees for smaller gardens, White Garden, Wildlife gardening, Winter Garden, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on A banquet-kaleidoscope-smorgasbord-gallimaufry of early Spring colour and scent … (or Where’s Thug?)

Ah, well, you've got me - one huge gallery of images and barely a note to cover the 'who, what, why, where and when' of it all - The 'where'will be at Kew and Wisley and a few points in between, including those deliciously cool crocus on my own front step, delicately rain-dropped and rather…

Continue reading ➞ A banquet-kaleidoscope-smorgasbord-gallimaufry of early Spring colour and scent … (or Where’s Thug?)

RHS Wisley this time around, Alpine treasures and Butterflies in the Glasshouse

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, Camellias, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, House plants, Open to the public, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, TropicalLeave a Comment on RHS Wisley this time around, Alpine treasures and Butterflies in the Glasshouse

Butterflies in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley and moving into the Alpine House next - Plenty of treaures in the Alpine House, Fritillaries especially on this visit Butterflies, first, in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley - happily I timed my visit on one of the last days of this event (I feared I'd missed it)…

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An early March visit to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire – much to admire especially the Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Collection …

Categories Acid-loving plants, Bulbs, Camellias, conifers, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, Hellebore, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Rhododendron & Azalea, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Spring Garden, Travel broadens the mind, Trees for smaller gardens, Winter Garden7 Comments on An early March visit to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire – much to admire especially the Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Collection …

That's it I'm afraid - one large (albeit labelled) gallery - a pictorial tour of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire earlier this month (well, a walk around some of it, but most of that put under the camera lens).... The Hamamelis collection I stumbled across was in very fine fettle, the highlight of…

Continue reading ➞ An early March visit to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Hampshire – much to admire especially the Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Collection …

Roses aside, back to Spring where the garden is colouring up with Camellias, Iris, Daphne and Anemone … and more of course

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Camellias, container gardening, Grasses, herbaceous, Plants for a shady garden?, Spring Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on Roses aside, back to Spring where the garden is colouring up with Camellias, Iris, Daphne and Anemone … and more of course

A gallery only - well I say 'only' - there is much to delight and much that is both beautiful and welcome in the garden. More and ever more colour to lift the spirits with so much more to come - and so I caution - take a pause, enjoy the season, these moments -…

Continue reading ➞ Roses aside, back to Spring where the garden is colouring up with Camellias, Iris, Daphne and Anemone … and more of course

Love your Greens – and golds, silvers, blues and browns, pinks, purples and plum …. #loveyourconifers #loveyourevergreens

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Camellias, conifers, dark foliage plants, Dry Garden, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, Shrubs, Winter Garden2 Comments on Love your Greens – and golds, silvers, blues and browns, pinks, purples and plum …. #loveyourconifers #loveyourevergreens

Love Your Conifers Part II Just adding to the list of conifers out there, in here - and once again there's nothing dull about these beauties. And there's one for pretty much every part of the garden, in sun or shade, miniature marvels or larger powerhouses, each and everyone adding structure and all year round…

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A roundup of recent tweetery – snowdrops & camellias, hellebores of course

Categories Camellias, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Hellebore, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden1 Comment on A roundup of recent tweetery – snowdrops & camellias, hellebores of course

Galanthus Warburg Primrose (above) and Galanthus Bertram Anderson (below) Galanthus elwesii var elwesii Maidwell L (above) and Galanthus nivalis Magnet (below) Galanthus plicatus Colossus (above and below) 'Tis Snowdrop time, as with much else, early this year and so I thought I'd get myself into gear with a just a select selection. More, obviously, to…

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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…

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