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A few things that caught my eye today – a little tour of Petersham Nurseries on the longest Day of the Year

June 21, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

No captions this time – far too hot to be bothering with detail like that I’d say – but a few images from a post-lunch ten minute trot through the Nurseries, the Cutting Garden and plant benches. All quite colourful I think you’ll agree (and of course, I can take a lot of pictures in ten minutes…) Bakingly hot of course today, another day well into the 30s, but set to cool a little tomorrow and in the days ahead. […]

Categories: Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Fragrant plants, General comment, late summer border, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, Summer garden • Tags: Petersham Nurseries

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Postcards from Sussex – the extraordinary Arundel Castle and Gardens

June 17, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Shropshire, Wales, Oxforshire .. we are putting in the miles together! But the last leg is in Sussex in the beautiful town of Arundel – which is presided over and looked down upon by the rather spectacular Arundel Caste. Part genuine medieval fortification and part Gothik 19th Century confection – it truly is an amazing building. Each room left me more slack-jawed than the last and there were a lot of rooms. I urge you. Go! The entire top of […]

Categories: General comment, Open to the public • Tags: Arundel Castle, Arundel Castle Gardens, Bannerman, Climping, National Trust, Slindon Eastate, Sussex

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Postcards from Oxfordshire – Woodstock and Blenheim Palace

June 16, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Wending our way southwards, down the M40 and a stop-over in Woodstock, the charming little town next to Blenheim Palace. The sun continued to kiss our happy little heads as we trailed around the extensive park and formal gardens. Breathtaking, as always. Read more at http://www.blenheimpalace.com/ I finish off with a quick tour of Daylesford Organic in Kingham, a little to the north of Woodstock. Organic food and products but presented in such a stylish way. The whole place smelled […]

Categories: General comment, Open to the public • Tags: Blenheim Palace, Daylesford Organic, Oxfordshire, Woodstock

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Postcards from Oxfordshire – Jacobean Chastleton House

June 16, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

A sleeping country gentleman’s house this, nothing aristocratic but beautifully preserved – preserved just enough but not restored – the dust and cracked plaster are still there to see – and the decline of centuries is an open book. The poverty of the estate has become its greatest asset, where other properties’ wealth may have remodelled and rebuilt over the original, this is all here still to see, a Jacobean country Manor. ‘Poverty is a great preserver’ – Barbara Clutton-Brock, […]

Categories: Open to the public, General comment • Tags: National Trust, Oxfordshire, Chastleton House, Jacobean

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Postcards from Shropshire – Part 6 and a final look at David Austin Roses (including roses in containers)

June 15, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

The Patio Garden Our patio garden features English specimen roses in a variety of large, decorative terracotta planters. English Roses, with their gracefully rounded, shrubby growth, are ideal for growing in this way. They bring character and interest to the gravelled area around the Plant Centre and their beautiful, deliciously fragrant flowers can be easily enjoyed at close quarters. A final roundup from my brief visit to David Austin Roses in Albrighton – believe me I could have spent […]

Categories: David Austin roses, General comment, Open to the public, Roses • Tags: Albrighton, David Austin, David Austin Roses, potted roses, roses, roses in containers

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Postcards from Shropshire – Chapter 5 from David Austin Roses – The Lion Garden

June 14, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

The Lion Garden The Lion Garden has been redesigned and the sculpture moved to create a focal point. Four long borders mingle shrub roses, including many English Roses, with herbaceous perennials, creating a wonderful contrast of colour, form, texture and scent. The borders are punctuated by magnificent standard roses, which add height and structure to the garden. Perennials, climbers, arches, standard roses, crisp lawns and a bright blue sky. Keen viewers will notice I did step away from this garden […]

Categories: David Austin roses, General comment, Open to the public, Roses • Tags: Albrighton, David Austin Roses, Lion Garden, roses

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Postcards from Shropshire – a fourth helping from David Austin Roses (stay with me folks…)

June 14, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

The Renaissance Garden The National Collection of English Roses is held in the gardens at Albrighton. The Renaissance Garden is perhaps the most beautiful of all the gardens, and is devoted to English Roses. These roses start flowering in late May and continue right through to the frosts of early winter. This lovely garden demonstrates the great versatility of the English Roses, with their wide range of flowers and fragrances, habits and sizes. The adjoining pergola too with a view […]

Categories: David Austin roses, General comment, Open to the public, Roses • Tags: Albrighton, David Austin Roses, roses

Postcards from Shropshire – Seconds from David Austin Roses

June 13, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Like I said, an Inventory … The Victorian Walled Garden The Victorian Walled Garden is a formal garden made up of three circular borders, which diminish in width towards the centre. They are planted with English Roses and other repeat-flowering shrub roses. The focal point of the garden is the large central stone carving. Visitors can also admire the natural beauty of the English Climbers and Ramblers trained over arches, arbours and along the eight foot wall which encircles the garden. […]

Categories: David Austin roses, General comment, Open to the public, Roses • Tags: Albrighton, David Austin, David Austin Roses, roses, Shropshire

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Postcards from Wales – Erddig

June 12, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Erddig, now in the hands of the National Trust, represents a House and Estate that had suffered successive generations (seven or more) of penury and all of the neglect that comes with well-intentioned but financially improverished ownership. Good intentions but lack of funds saw this beauty diminished until the NT took the helm and have halted the decline, but not necessarily to return the interiors, now watertight, to their former glory. The story of the family is the story of […]

Categories: General comment, Open to the public • Tags: Country Garden Roses, Erddig, National Trust, Shropshire, Wales

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Postcards from Wales – Powis Castle and Gardens

June 11, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Strong winds and lashing rain as we left Shropshire and headed into Wales (by Welshpool – not that great a distance from our starting point at Wollaston Lodge) to visit the extraordinary castle and gardens at Powis Castle. More impressive than I was expecting too – the topiary and towering hedges yes, but not the variety and lushness – and tenderness – of much of the planting on the wide, generous terraces, giving way to formal gardens on the flat […]

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Postcards from Shropshire – Wollerton Old Hall Gardens

June 11, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Well it has been a busy week – holidaying in the English & Welsh countryside, with sunshine and rain in equal parts and some beautiful castles, gardens, nurseries and stately homes to keep us company. Based for the the first part of this last week near Shrewsbury in Shropshire (the excellent Wollaston Lodge B&B http://www.wollastonlodge.co.uk/ ) we took in Wollerton Old Hall Gardens on our first day – and my photographs of this exceptional gardens are above. Coming up – our […]

Categories: Garden Design, General comment, Open to the public • Tags: Market Drayton, Shropshire, Shropshire Gardens, Wollerton Old Hall, Wollerton Old Hall Gardens

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Cool plants for shady gardens …

June 2, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

The Shade Garden A generous soul, I, for these are my notes for my workshop today on gardening in those shadier spaces in the garden – cool boundaries, beneath deciduous and evergreen trees, in dry and damp, northerly aspects all – and for shrubs, perennials, bulbs and annuals that will help create a year-round tapestry of beautiful plants. Yesterday I put up a collection of articles from some elite gardening journalists and I would suggest a quiet half an hour to read […]

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Welcome Shade

June 1, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

I’ve a workshop at Petersham Nurseries for their ongoing program in the School of Garden Inspiration and I am tackling the shadier aspects of the garden – north-facing aspects, tall walls and boundaries, trees – and the dry, inhospitable places as well as the cool and damp. These areas ought to be a welcome distraction from the merciless scrutiny of the sun and if you are lucky enough to have shade, of any description, then there is much that only […]

Categories: General comment, Petersham Nurseries, Plants for a shady garden? • Tags: Bulbs, crops, damp shade, dappled shade, dry shade, east facing, north facing, perennials, shade, shade gardening, shade ground cover, shady borders, shady walls, shrubs, Trees

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Now the dust has settled, a look at David Austin Roses at RHS Chelsea – Judi Dench (Dame), Vanessa Bell & James L. Austin ‘n All…

May 29, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

No, I’m surprisingly not a VIP guest on the David Austin Stand – can they please take note – but they had closed the exhibit for a bit of filming, so the Great Unwashed had to clear out and leave – leaving me with moments to capture an empty rose garden. Well almost empty, the one chap with the tool-belt skitted around but mostly, the effect is of roses, just roses and more roses. Much earlier in the day, having […]

Categories: General comment • Tags: Chelsea Flower Show, Dame Judi Dench, David Austin, David Austin Roses, Imogen, James L. Austin, roses, The Ancient Mariner, Vanessa Bell

The best of the rest from RHS Wisley; a grand Stachyurus, a great Edgworthia chrysantha Grandiflora and a huge Fuji Cherry, Corylopsis (2), many Corydalis and Camellias and other Woodland Stars plus the Plant Centre (see the Fritillaria meleagris & persica Ivory Bells) …! @RHSWisley #Wisley #SpringAtWisley

April 29, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

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Stachyurus chinensis, a beautiful golden rain next to the House at RHS Wisley, looking across to the Lily Pond, past the King and Queen.. An exceptional specimen this, spicily fragrant and with larger flowers than the common-or-garden variety – there is one Ordinary specimen next to the Stachyurus pictured above that is going over now, while this one, in a shadier spot in the centre of the Bowles Corner garden, is much fresher altogether.…

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In dappled woodland shade, much colour at Kew Gardens … a veritable rainbow of red, yellow, pink, blue, orange, purple (somewhere), green of course – and white … @kewgardens #SpringAtKew

April 29, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

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Leucojum aestevum against blue Scilla Leucojum aestuvum in great drifts in the borders surrounding the Temple of Aeolus, the very cultivated woodland area at Kew Gardens. Hints of the expansive carpets of Scilla in the background. Summer snowflake – Leucojum aestevum Great drifts of vigorous Scilla Scilla colonising these banks Scilla in detail Iris lazica Iris lazica Pulmonaria rubra Stachyurus praecox var matzuzakii with great pendant curtains of flower Stachyurus praecox Drifts of scilla…

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Throwing some light on shade

April 29, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

The Shade Garden in Spring and Early Summer Right Plant / Right Place Here are my cobbled-together notes from a recent workshop on shade gardening, highlighting the planting possibilities for those folk who are lucky enough to have a shady spot in their garden. There is a wide, wide – wide – range of plants that will enjoy a cooler life and they can make for some exciting combinations. Embrace the Shade! Here follows, well there are a lot […]

Categories: General comment, Plants for a shady garden?, shade, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Summer garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: plants that like shade, shade, shade gardening, shade in spring, shade in summer, spring, summer, woodland, woodland plants

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Kew Gardens – the Woodland Gardens providing welcome shade, dappled and deep and a rich tapestry of leaf, flower & fragrance

April 29, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

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After giving a talk on the beauty and possibilities of gardening in the shade – indeed on a day like today and with temperatures set to soar next week, the necessity of shade and all that means, it was a timely visit to the woodland gardens beneath the tall trees that wrap around the lower slopes of the Temple of Aeolus. These are well tended, heavily mulched and well watered gardens though many of…

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A Cutting Garden with Tulips in abundance, Fritillaries both imperial & persica, the first Roses, Hawthorn, Camellias, still, cherry blossom, still, spicy Wisteria, chartreuse Euphorbia, a country churchyard and an old deer park – plus a cow or two … tales from Petersham Nurseries

April 14, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

A few images from a day at the Nurseries. I’ve been tweeting and instagramming over the past few days and posted a couple of videos too – they’ll be easy to find from the links on my blog – featuring amongst other things, this vibrant Cutting Garden. They will give you an overview of this long flower-filled border, in the heart of the Nurseries and which is the floral heart of the business, providing cut flowers months on end for […]

Categories: Bulbs, Climbing plants, colour, Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Petersham Nurseries, Roses, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Wisteria • Tags: Acer palmatum Dissectum, Belted Galloway Cattle, Camassia, Clematis Avalanche, Cutting Garden, Euphorbia Baby Charm, Malus Red Setninel, Parrot Tulips, Petersham Nurseries, Rem's Favourite, Richmond Park, Rosa banksiae, roses, Viburnum, Wisteria

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A view from Kew – a blossomtastic Spring morning in these Royally Botanic Gardens

April 8, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

It certainly pays to make an early start, especially on such a bright and beautiful morning – and even more so when school holidays are upon us and Kew Gardens becomes a beautiful flower-filled playground and a great spot for a family picnic. For someone as bah-humbug as I about having unpopulated pictures – flowers not people – it was a near-run past the Palm House and through the still-slumbering Rose Garden to the Cherry Orchard that runs from just […]

Categories: Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Rhododendron & Azalea, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Trees for smaller gardens, White Garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: Apple Blossom, Axalea, Berberis, Berberis darwinii, Berberis pruinosa, Berberis pruinosa var brevifolia, Berberis valdiviana, Caltha palustris, Carex, Castanea sativa, Cercidiphyllum, Cercis siliquatrum, cherry blossom, Chokushi-Mon, Crab apples, Dipelta yunnanensis, Eleagnus, Eleagnus multiflora, Ferns, fritillaria imperialis, Hakone Grass, Hanami, Japanese Landscape, Judas tree, Kew, Kew Gardens, Lathryus vernus, Magnolia soulangeana Superba, Malus, Malus aff Robusta, Malus baccata, Malus eleagrifolia, Malus sublolata, Malus sylvestris, Mondo grass, Ostrya carpinifolia, Palm House, Pear blossom, Prunus, Prunus Asano, Prunus avium Adiana, Prunus Hokusai, Prunus sargentii, Prunus x domestica, Pyrus, Pyrus betulifolia, Pyrus calleryana var faurieie, Pyrus pashia, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Siberian Crab, spring, springtime, sunshine, Treetop Walkway, Tulips, Victoria Gate, Viola Columbine, Xstrata

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Spring colour-bombs a riverside Nursery (can you guess which one?)

March 17, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Flowers inside and out, flowers everywhere – and a few grateful bees to feast on the early Spring bounty. A kaleidoscope of colour, bright, bold, brash and beautiful but we forgive this extravagant generosity – nothing clashes in the garden at this time of year, as the new season unfolds in our gardens. It’s welcome antidote to the damp grey and darker days of winter. There may still be damp and grey days to come, but there is no stopping the […]

Categories: Abstract Photography, Alpine, Architectural Plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Fragrant plants, General comment, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden • Tags: Anemone, armeria., aubretia, Chaenomeles, cowslip, Echeveria, Forget-me-not, Fritillaria Ivory Bells, Fritillaria persica, Gold Lace Group, Iceland Poppy, Indian terracotta, Leucojum, Lilac, Myosotis, Narcissus Ivory Towers, Petersham Nurseries, Polyanthus, Primrose, Primula Silver Lace Group, Pulsatilla, ranunculus, Rosa A Shropshire Lad, Saxifrage, spring, springtime, Strong Beer Primrose, Syrnga, thrift, Thug the Petersham Cat, Tulip, Viola

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Spring things … a medley

March 12, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

If a picture paints a thousand words … read on –

Categories: Abstract Photography, Alpine, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, colour, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, herbaceous, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: acacia dealbata, Anemone, Camellia, Chaenomeles, cowslip, Hellebore, Iris unguicularis, lemon, mimosa, mysositis, narcissus, Narcissus Bridal Crown, Narcissus Professor Einstein, Ornithagalum, Poppy, Primula denticulata, prunus cerasifera Pissardii, Pulsatilla, Saxifrage, spring, springtime, Startled Cat, Thug, Thug the Petersham Cat, Tulip, Vinca minor, Wallflower

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Kicking off the season at the RHS Early Spring Show 2017- snowdrops and iris and more springtime lovelies … Mostly snowdrops and iris (and an inflatable, stripy tank)

February 19, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Avon Bulbs and Harveys both had amazing exhibits at the RHS Early Spring show the horticultural halls off Vincent Square in central London. Jacques Armand brought out the early reticulate and other diminutuve, early Irises. Dibleys, Streptocarpus and Pheasant Acre Plants, Hippeastrum. Plenty more of course, but here’s a taster. https://www.avonbulbs.co.uk/ https://www.harveysgardenplants.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=69 http://jacquesamandintl.com/homepage/ https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-london-shows/rhs-early-spring-plant-fair Jacques Armand for the reticulate and histroides Iris – blues and purples as you would expect, but softest blush of lavender and lilac, and yellow here […]

Categories: Alpine, Bulbs, container gardening, Flower Shows, General comment, Hellebore, Iris, Open to the public, Plants for a shady garden?, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, White Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: Avon Bulbs, Dibleys, Galanthus Anne Baring, Galanthus Cordelia, Galanthus Diggory, Galanthus Fanny, Galanthus Fenstead End, Galanthus Fieldgate Superb, Galanthus George Elwes, Galanthus Godfrey Owen, Galanthus Grave Concern, Galanthus Grumpy, Galanthus Hippolyta, Galanthus Marjorie Brown, Galanthus Medelaine, Galanthus Moontown Magic, Galanthus Phantom, Galanthus Philippe Andre Meyer, Galanthus Seagull, Galanthus Sentinel, Galanthus Sweet Alice, Galanthus The Whopper, Galanthus Trimmer, Galanthus Trumps, Galanthus under Cherry Plum, Galanthus Valentime, Galanthus Veronica Cross, Galanthus Vertigo, Galanthus Wasp, Galanthus Yvonne Hay, Harveys Bulbs, Hellebore Ice Cream, Hellebore Merlin, Hippeastrum Barbados, Hippeastrum Evergreen, Hippeastrum Flamenco Queen, Hippeastrum Magic Green, Hippeastrum Quatto, Horticultural Halls, Iris Alida, Iris Clairette, Iris Finola, Iris Frozen Planet, Iris George, Iris Harmony, Iris Katharine Gold, Iris Katharine Hodgkin, Iris Lady Beatrix Stanley, Iris Polar Ice, Iris Vivaceous Beginnings, Jacques Armand, Lindley Library, Pheasant Acre Plants, Primula Gold Lace, Pulmonaria Trevi Fountain, RHS Early Spring Show, snowdrops, Streptocarpus Bethan, Streptocarpus Cariad, Streptocarpus Celebration, Streptocarpus Katie, Streptocarpus Marion, Streptocarpus Targa, Vincent Square

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Club Tropicana …

February 4, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Tropical and desert plants from foreign parts, lush temperate foliage and home grown beauties – you might head to Kew and the Princess of Wales Conservatory for their Orchid Festival, which opens today and runs for a glorious steamy month at Kew Gardens – but you might get a taste for all that and more at Petersham Nurseries. Shameless plug I know but I’ve been there for seven days on the trot and I have to show you how […]

Categories: Architectural Plants, General comment, Indoor gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Tropical • Tags: Aeschynathus, aloe, Araucaria, Begonia rex, Cactus, Chlorophytum, Desert Plants, Echeveria, Epipremum, Euphorbia, Fern, Ficus lirata, Ficus lyrata, Fiddle fig, Fittonia, Gardenia, Juncus spiralis, Kew Gardens, Maidenhair fern, Orchid Festival, Orchids, Ornithagalum, Paphiopedilum Maudiae, Petersham Nurseries, Phalaenopsis, Primrose, Princess of Wales Conservatory, Rhipsalis, Sanseveiria, Selaginella, Shade plants, terrarium, Thug the Petersham Cat, Tropics, ZZ plant

Getting Horticultural for the month ahead … and a little tour of Petersham Nurseries

January 25, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

I wrote this (longer) piece for the Petersham Nurseries blog (abridged) and it would be a shame not to recycle it here! “You know that we are passionate about horticulture here at Petersham Nurseries, with new plants coming in every week now and plenty of activity in the gardens and glasshouses. Here are just a few suggestions to keep you horticulturally active, when the weather permits – we’ve had rain and hard frosts, dull grey days and bright beautiful blue […]

Categories: Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Cutting Garden, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, General comment, Hellebore, House plants, Indoor gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Plants for a shady garden?, Pruning, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Spring Garden, White Garden, Winter Garden, Woodland Garden • Tags: Cutting Garden, floristry, Glasshouse, Petersham Nurseries, Spring garden, Winter garden

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Orchidology

January 15, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Now I don’t have all of their names, these orchids on show in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley and if you want to know, then I shall of course try and find out more and add them where I can. But I need to stretch my legs and get a breath of fresh air (if damp and chill). So this folks, is it! I have several books to read on these tropical fireworks and when I’ve finished them, then you […]

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Technicolor Rainbows in the Alpine House at RHS Wisley

January 15, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

Never disappointing, the Alpine House at RHS Wisley. Particularly colourful in these early months as you can see. Rhubarb-pinks, bright yellows, true blues, glaucous greens, cochineal reds, zebra-striped purples and arctic whites – and packing a punch for such diminutive little stars. And this only January 14th (they were photographed on my visit yesterday morning). Sunk into the sand of the two raised beds, they are regularly changed as new specimens come to their best and so the display is […]

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Hellebores for a New Year

January 15, 2017 by The Teddington Gardener

A picture gallery – well there are going to be a few of them, cataloguing my visit to the gardens at RHS Wisley yesterday morning. Proof, if it were needed, that these are not the dullest, least colourful or interesting times in the garden. In fact I couldn’t say when those times might actually be. With these Hellebores and the Hamamelis to come, coupled with a tour of the Alpine House and Orchids in the Glasshouse, it is a […]

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A Kew Gardens Miscellany – the Roses (some flower, lots of hips), a glide through the Davies Alpine House and of course, some autumn leafery (see the Ginkgos) …

November 16, 2016 by The Teddington Gardener

An unexpected bit of free time today and lo! A parking space by the Victoria Gate which meant I had to stop – and (first things first) smell the roses. Gertrude Jekyll, Stanwell Perpetual and Madame Isaac Pereire brought High Summer right back on a mostly overcast mid-November day. Soul food. From the Rose Garden, a walk took me through the leaf-strewn lawns to find the grove of Ginkgo trees (amazing) and over past the grass borders (equally amazing) to […]

Categories: Alpine, Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Autumn garden, Camellias, Christmas, Climbing plants, General comment, Grasses, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Woodland Garden • Tags: Alpine House, Alpine plants, Arbutus unedo var rubra, Autumn, Autumn crocus, Blue Tits, Camellia, Chilean Bell Flower, Claire Austin, Cornus alba Sibirica variegata, Cotinus obovatus, Cotnus obovatus, Crocus laevigatus, Crocus tournefortii, Davies Alpine House, Fatsia japonica flower, Flamingos, Geranium, gertrude jekyll, Ginkgo, Grace, grass borders, Kew Gardens, Lachenalia corymbosa, Lachenalis paucifolia, Lady of Shalott, Lapageria rosea, Madame Butterfly, Madame Isaac Pereire, Mary Rose, Miscanthus, Nerine humilis, Osmunda regalis, Oxalis horta Gothenburg, Pterocarya x rehderiana, Rosa acicularis, Rosa canina, Rosa elegantula Persetosa, Rosa gallica var officnalis, Rosa Madame Abel Chantenay, Rosa mulliganii, Rosa rubrotincta, Rosa rugosa Alba, Rosa rugosa Thunb, Rosa setipoda, Rosa virginiana, Rosa x hibernica, Rose du Roi, rose hips, roses, Skylark, Sophy's Rose, Stanwell Perpetual, Swamp Cypress, The Hive, Verbana bonariensis, Viburnum davidii, Weeping Beecg

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A touch of frost …

November 9, 2016 by The Teddington Gardener

A thorough frost yesterday morning, the first of the year in these balmy parts, and the plants were beautifully rimed in ice. Sunshine too – a perfectly bright chill morning cycling to work, through the avenues behind Ham House. I should have had my camera with me – so much more versatility but the iPod did a good job – and better to have these pictures at all than none. Another kind of morning today – freezing rains that you […]

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