Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
These camassias are at their absolute best - two fields of blue, banking either side of the Bowes Lyons Rose Garden at Wisley. Just the most beautiful sight. The cherry is Prunus Shirofugen I think there is another massed planting of Camassias in the gardens at Kew - parallel to the Rhododendron Walk - and…
Continue reading ➞ Camassias take centre stage at RHS Wisley…
A tour through the Surrey gardens of RHS at Wisley, taking us from the entrance (and before we even get going we have to stop and gawk at the Clianthus Kaka King!) before skirting along above the water lily pond to see the Wisteria and Roses enjoying the warmth of a long brick wall -…
Continue reading ➞ A little early May tour around RHS Wisley – Rockery, Woodland and Rockery again…
Blue skies, white clouds, generous pink and white blossom, bronze leaves, long green grass, lime Alexanders, frothy Queen Anne's Lace, sunshine and bluebells (well, one or two, here) - a walk through the last glories of the Cherry Walk at Kew Gardens yesterday afternoon. Birdsong and planes provide the soundtrack...
The Cherry Walk at Kew Gardens, coming up from the Mediterranean Garden and heading towards the roses and Palm House. A couple of weeks ago, this path was lined with pink and white confections, flurries of blossom in candyfloss shades - but now green is the theme. Yet... There is still rather a lot going…
A few minutes to explore this remarkable tree, at the nadir of pristine lilac-pink blossom, leaves just pumping up from remarkable miniatures and the undoubted star of the Mediterranean Garden at Kew Gardens today. There was birdsong, but also the planes, so perhaps you might lower the volume on your whatever-it-is-you're-watching-this-on device!
The Gentlemen of Amateur Gardening and their Jubilee Souvenir I am thinking of the month ahead - May - and what jobs we gardener's can look forward to as the earth continues to tilt towards summer. I'm looking at a vaguely antiquarian book called The Gardener's Enquire Within, which seems to have something to do…
Continue reading ➞ The Gardener’s Enquire Within – Tasks and Interest for the month of May
Pests and Diseases & Disorders Integrated Pest Management and green strategies Integrated Pest Management Pests, Disease or Disorder? Notes on - Pests – glasshouse whitefly, mealybug, aphids, slugs & snails, glasshouse red spider mite, vine weevil, leafhopper, lily and rosemary beetles, scale insects. Diseases – powdery mildew, blackspot, honey fungus, fireblight Disorders –…
Continue reading ➞ Pests and Diseases – notes for a Workshop
Back again - a return to Kew after two incredibly hot and sunny days which have brought on the display immeasurably. I thought it was good on a dull Monday morning, but today, more, more and more blossom, puffed out, expanded and exploded and there is still more to come! Some of the trees that…
Cornus x nuttallii x florida It was cherry-heaven all the way this morning, especially as I hadn't planned on calling in and my time was short, and the cherries were the thing. Though I rather begrudged the fact that it was cloudy and grey - I'd hoped to call in on Thursday at the tail…
The Teddington Gardener 