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April at Great Dixter, reprise, for a spring-flowering extravaganza and a lot of inspiration

Categories annuals, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, colour, container gardening, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, Great Dixter, herbaceous, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden1 Comment on April at Great Dixter, reprise, for a spring-flowering extravaganza and a lot of inspiration

These images were taken on a visit on the 20th April this year to the gardens at Great Dixter in East Sussex. I had been to the charming and gently planted King John's Nursery beforehand, and there is some memorable naturalizing of spring bulbs and primroses in the old orchard that is quite superlative. But…

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A late-September taste of the gardens at RHS Wisley

Categories annuals, Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Autumn garden, Bedding, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, conifers, container gardening, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, Dry Garden, evergreen perennial, Exotic, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Japanese Maples (Acers), late summer border, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, RHS WIsley, Roses, Seasonal colour, soft fruit, Tropical, Wisteria, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on A late-September taste of the gardens at RHS Wisley

A mid-week, late morning, late September tour of the RHS Gardens at Wisley. Blue skies peppered liberally with white clouds (today was a brighter, warmer clearer-skies day than yesterday, but probably overbright for my photographic skills so here we are ...) It is still quite definitely late summer, rather than full-on Autumn. Very few of…

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Purple

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Alpine, annuals, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, Exotic, General comment, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Iris, late summer border1 Comment on Purple

May I refer you to Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple Sometimes more blue, or lilac, lavender, rose, red, but a not pure blue, or pink depending on which is closest, a varied palette - cool, rich, and elegant tones.  Thug, the Petersham Cat, rounding up proceedings. I rest my case ...

Pink

Categories Abstract Photography, Acid-loving plants, Alpine, annuals, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, climbing plant, colour, conifers, container gardening, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Dry Garden, evergreen perennial, floristry, Flower Shows, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, Hydrangea, late summer border, Magnolia, Mediterranean Garden, nerines, Open to the publicLeave a Comment on Pink

  Pink, by far the biggest gallery with more photos to choose from than with the others, orange, yellow, blue and white. All images taken in 2015, though concentrating on the summer and through until September. I had to stop somewhere. Hellebores early on, and a little Cherry blossom, though i could have majored on…

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Blue

Categories Abstract Photography, Alpine, annuals, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Bulbs, Clematis, colour, conifers, container gardening, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dry Garden, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Iris, late summer border, Mediterranean Garden, Seasonal colour, shade, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Wisteria2 Comments on Blue

OK, so there is a touch of rose-making-the-blue-purple going on here too though I have weeded out the more obvious not-blues, but the theme, from palest to the boldest, with some blue-grey foliage too, is a cool blue palette. Fruit, leaf and flower all contribute and I refer you once again to Gertrude Jekyll. In…

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Yellow

Categories Abstract Photography, Alpine, annuals, Architectural Plants, Auricula, Autumn garden, Bedding, Bulbs, colour, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Dry Garden, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Japanese Maples (Acers), late summer border, Ornamental trees, Roses, Seasonal colour, shade, Shrubs, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Spring Garden, Summer garden2 Comments on Yellow

  From the palest blush, soft cool primrose, sulphurous, acid, gaudy, bright, golden, and adorning the garden right the way through the year - this is a richly diverse palette and can be used to many an effect. I've been reading Gertrude Jekyll's book on colour schemes in the flower garden and she is extraordinarily…

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Orange

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A little orange on a dull, wet day. Bring  back the sunshine ... In the meantime, this

Ham and Petersham in Bloom / Britain in Bloom and Petersham Nurseries

Categories Architectural Plants, colour, container gardening, Cottage Garden, dark foliage plants, evergreen perennial, General comment, herbaceous, late summer border, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Plants for a shady garden?, Seasonal colour, shade, Summer gardenLeave a Comment on Ham and Petersham in Bloom / Britain in Bloom and Petersham Nurseries

Petersham Nurseries have donated plants, time and a considerable amount of compost (I know, I carried it ...) to plan, prepare and plant up three new stone troughs - horse troughs effectively - at three prominent sites within the local community. All part of Britain in Bloom and building on the success Ham and Petersham…

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Hampton Court Flower Show Part Four – more gardens … more nurseries … just more!

Categories annuals, Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Bedding, Bulbs, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, Dry Garden, evergreen perennial, Exotic, floristry, Flower Shows, Garden Design, General comment, herbaceous, Hydrangea, late summer border, Open to the public, Orchids, Ornamental trees, Seasonal colour, Seeds, shade, Shrubs, Summer garden, Tropical, White Garden, Wildlife gardeningLeave a Comment on Hampton Court Flower Show Part Four – more gardens … more nurseries … just more!