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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – May 2014 – Kew Gardens, Composting, Auriculas, the first Roses, Wild Food Foraging, Chelsea Fringe and Chelsea Flower Show, Petersham Nurseries. Intimations of Summer.
Roses, amazingly early, appreciating the mild winter and warm, early Spring. Kew Gardens, Auriculas, Paeonies, Chelsea Fringe and a brief call in at the Chelsea Flower Show, more roses, much at Petersham Nurseries, Wild Food foraging with Claudio Bincoletto, the Joy of Composting... another glorious month!
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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – April 2014 – RHS London Show, Kew Gardens, Ightham Mote, Knole, Emmetts Garden & Petersham Nurseries. Spring in full spate.
A colourful progression through the month, featuring Wisley, Igtham Mote, Knole, Petersham Nurseries, RHS London Show, Kew Gardens, my own projects featuring Spring Bulbs and new planting..... Flowering Cherries, Crab Apples, massed Tulips, Rhododendrons and Azaleas, Bluebells, Auriculas.... a gorgeous month.
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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – January 2014 – at Wisley and Kew. Winter breaks early.
JANUARY - Hamamelis x intermedia Orange Peel Cornus alba Sibirica in container displays at Wisley Rhododendron nobleanum Album Prunus himalaica Hydrangea paniculata Galanthus elwesii Sarcococca confusa Dogwoods at Kew and the Alpine House from the Grass Borders Galanthus elwesii at Kew and Berberis (below) Chimonathus praecox Grandiflorus Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis and Chaenomeles speciosa at the…
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Teddington Gardener ‘Review of the Year’- a complete month-by-month photographic record coming your way…
Christmas Bauble 'Selfie' (see my trademark hat, silhouetted) January to December, twelve posts coming your way before New Years Eve, a complete Teddington Gardener review of 2014. Mega-processing power will be required to cope with many mega-galleries containing hundreds upon hundreds of photographs, put together for your delight and delectation! Watch as winter (such as…
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RHS Wisley – life and death in the Surrey hills… Hydrangeas, Camellias and Hellebores, mostly, Sorbus and Malus, Cornus, Salix and Rubus, Acer, Rhododendron, Chimonathus, Henry Moore and a Squirrel
Acer griseum, lauded for its peeling bark, caught here in the chill morning sunlight on the slopes of Battleston Hill at the RHS gardens at Wisley. The gardens feature the remnants of many fine plants, dying beautifully, hydrangeas foremost in this class, as well as the heralds of a new season, with the earliest hellebores…
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Orange, scarlet, blue and shocking pink – Christmas in Technocolor
A little technicolor dreaming, an antidote to a wholly white Christmas - intimations of spring too - tulips and hyacinths flowering outdoor next April/May, as cut flowers, we can enjoy them now - the anemones and Amaryllis too - while Orchids are available year round. Clementines, limes and lemons - just as colourful and a…
Continue reading ➞ Orange, scarlet, blue and shocking pink – Christmas in Technocolor
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Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park – bare bones, a landscape settling down to sleep – but with promises for a Technicolor Spring….
7https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/richmond-park-attractions/isabella-plantation and if you haven't time to visit this season, make a Diary note for May 2015 - the show might look something like this.... https://teddingtongardener.com/2013/05/26/bashful-doc-dopey-grumpy-happy-sleepy-sneezy-and-bluebell/
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and now for something a little tropical… the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley
The lilac blue flowers at the base of the waterfall are Hypoestes aristata, next to the Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia regina. Sword Agave - last seen in the Hotel gardens in Madeira... The Glasshouse at RHS Wisley https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/Articles/Greenspiration-at-Wisley
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