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…
Cutting Garden
Who do you think you are? Dahlias named and famed…
This time with very useful labels, and an extended range from Petersham Nurseries, including those growing both the Cutting Garden and the House Kitchen Garden. Love them all....!
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Dahlias for a Petersham Nurseries Cutting Garden
The Gardening Team were cataloging the dahlias in the Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries this afternoon, checking the names and labels, reviewing their present partnerships and considering combinations for next year. Of course I happened along with my camera. Thank you Rosanna Bines and the Gardening Team at Petersham for a superb - and ongoing…
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Heroic herbaceous planting at RHS Wisley – early autumn fireworks
The double mixed/herbaceous borders at RHS Wisley in Surrey. A grand symphony! And there is still more to come, with asters just flushing into life to add more rich blue, vioet and purple to the mix. And in the adjacent Country Garden, just as much going on this early September. If you haven't been to…
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A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
A damp day at Petersham but the hardy gardener was undaunted and the plants were looking fine - the Cutting Garden has swelled quite noticeably, just in the week while I was away up North in t'Yorkshire - with more and more dahlias, sunflowers, twining vines, sweet peas, cosmos... A fine time to take some…
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Bring me Sunshine (reprise) with Sunflowers from the Cutting Garden
These sunflowers have come on a-pace in the last few weeks, and have put on height and a grand floral display that will continue until the frosts - and beyond - the blackening seedheads will be a structural element to the cutting garden as well as a wildlife food resource as the seeds ripen. Bright…
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High Summer Gallery – Jewel & Cool colours at Petersham Nurseries and The Cutting Garden
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Sunday, Monday – Happy Days…. sweet peas, dahlias, the Petersham Cat and more….
A few pictures from yesterday and today, two gloriously sunny days at Petersham Nurseries. Just lovely.
The Teddington Gardener 