Fragrant plants

Four garden centres, planting a new wisteria, repotting houseplants and a few tulips … a day in the life of –

Categories Bedding, Climbing plants, container gardening, Exotic, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, House plants, Indoor gardening, my projects, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Wisteria1 Comment on Four garden centres, planting a new wisteria, repotting houseplants and a few tulips … a day in the life of –

A day of sunshine and showers and a trip down the M3 to Windlesham to visit Longacres and subsequently Wyevale and Hilliers. Three very different garden centres - one huge and sprawling, with everything (save many perennials), one very glum and one that has been extended and revamped beautifully - quite a treat. Longacres is…

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Petersham House Gardens National Garden Scheme Open Day

Categories Cutting Garden, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, Hellebore, herbaceous, House plants, Indoor gardening, Kitchen Garden, Lawn Care, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, shade, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Vegetables, Wildlife gardening, Woodland Garden1 Comment on Petersham House Gardens National Garden Scheme Open Day

A little bit of repetition in these images, but I am dithering about editing them and can't decide exactly which I prefer, so you're getting pretty much them all! A beautiful sunshiny spring morning, after a night of stormy electric rain, and everything after the warmth of the last week - and the weeks of…

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An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter

Categories Architectural Plants, Bulbs, colour, conifers, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dry Garden, Exotic, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, Great Dixter, herbaceous, Kitchen Garden, Magnolia, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Organic pest control, Ornamental trees, Seasonal colour, shade, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical, Vegetables, Wildlife gardening, Woodland Garden1 Comment on An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter

Well this time I'll let the pictures do the talking. And I nearly didn't call in this time around to Great Dixter and am so glad I did. I don't recall that I have visited in Spring before (it is a stupendous garden in late summer and autumn) and I did attend one of Fergus…

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A Grand Day Out – Part 2 – King John’s Nursery and Gardens, East Sussex

Categories Art in the landscape, colour, Cottage Garden, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Open to the public, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Woodland GardenLeave a Comment on A Grand Day Out – Part 2 – King John’s Nursery and Gardens, East Sussex

A second stop in my East Sussex odyssey, having been to Pashley Manor Gardens and now calling in at this very peaceful nurseries and gardens, King John's. A quirky nursery and plant centre, with a delightful cafe and a beautiful garden surrounding the adjacent house. A wild orchard garden, large lawns, canal, woodland garden, statuary…

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In the Garden Shop & Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries …

Categories annuals, Auricula, Bedding, Bulbs, Climbing plants, colour, Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Evergreen shrubs, Exotic, Fragrant plants, House plants, Indoor gardening, macropetala, Petersham Nurseries, Roses, Seasonal colour, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden1 Comment on In the Garden Shop & Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries …

Tender, tropical houseplants inside the Garden Shop and elsewhere, early perennials, bulbs, flowering shrubs and spring colour. A few, random, images from Petersham Nurseries last week. We've had glorious sunshine (well, yesterday at least), so expecting the Cutting Garden to be even more verdant, more colourful and probably about a foot taller too. We're about…

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Camellias, mostly – a beautifully colourful tour through the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley

Categories Camellias, colour, Evergreen shrubs, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, herbaceous, Magnolia, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Plants for a shady garden?, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, shade, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Trees, White Garden, Woodland Garden1 Comment on Camellias, mostly – a beautifully colourful tour through the woodland landscapes at RHS Wisley

Such a beautifully sunny, warm and fragrant afternoon at RHS Wisley. Crowds upon crowds filling the car parks but amongst the meandering paths of Battleston Hill, just a few folk pottering through the woodland paths, admiring the camellias. An amazingly colourful display pretty much at their peak, or just a little over, filling the wooded…

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Kew Gardens by way of Siberia … The Hive, Alpine House (naturally), a deserted Broadwalk, frigid (but pruned) Rose Garden, a short-back-and-sides to the Grass Borders and a remarkable tree or two –

Categories Alpine, Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Fragrant plants, Grasses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Kew Gardens by way of Siberia … The Hive, Alpine House (naturally), a deserted Broadwalk, frigid (but pruned) Rose Garden, a short-back-and-sides to the Grass Borders and a remarkable tree or two –

Don't let all that Thailand stuff lull you into a false sense of security, warmth and vibrant-colourful-duvetness ... outside it is Arctic. The crump-crump of snow beneath your boots and the beautiful architecture of trees picked out in white. A lot to admire but even so, bloomin' cold so it was a quick trot back…

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A few shots from Petersham Nurseries – plants, pots and cats ….

Categories Alpine, annuals, Bedding, container gardening, Exotic, floristry, Fragrant plants, House plants, Indoor gardening, Magnolia, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Tropical7 Comments on A few shots from Petersham Nurseries – plants, pots and cats ….

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A Celebration of Snowdrops (and a few more choice beauties) at the RHS London Early Spring Show

Categories Camellias, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, Plants for a shady garden?, RHS London Show, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour, shade, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Spring Garden, White Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden2 Comments on A Celebration of Snowdrops (and a few more choice beauties) at the RHS London Early Spring Show

Well this is either going to be your thing, or not - one huge gallery of snowdrops from the RHS Early Spring Show in the Horticultural Halls in London which ran over the past couple of days. Harveys Garden Plants uppermost, and W&S Lockyer providing the most excitement. A few Hippeastrums in there too from…

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