Above - Helenium, Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm and Crocosmia George Davison. A busy day at Petersham Nurseries, after a 5am start to get to New Covent Garden Flower Market.... before closing the gates behind me this evening....
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Wollerton Old Hall – an English climbing rose with a superb Aniseed fragrance
Wollerton Old Hall is a recent introduction from David Austin Roses, originally added to the shrub collection but quickly upgraded to the rather exclusive club of Fragrant English Climbers (there are just a couple of dozen) - fragrant (it's in the name), repeat flowering climbing roses, moderately vigorous and, being a recent addition to the…
Continue reading ➞ Wollerton Old Hall – an English climbing rose with a superb Aniseed fragrance
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Hydrangeas and the Art of Dying Gracefully
Hydrangeas can offer us hard pressed gardeners a garden plant with a very long period of interest. The bold leaves can be quite architectural and many offer up a few fiery tints come autumn-time. The flowers are long-lasting and very importantly, can die well, gently decaying over the course of a long autumn and into…
Continue reading ➞ Hydrangeas and the Art of Dying Gracefully
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Crocosmia George Davison – pure gold and still my favourite (for the moment, at least)
This is my favourite Crocosmia, surpassing the ubiquitous Lucifer by a country mile. More compact and vigorous but not thuggish, the mid-green strappy leaves are a great foil to the golden egg yolk flowers. Height and spread 60cm. George Davison' is named after the head gardener at Westwick Hall, an early crocosmia enthusiast who bred…
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Thug, the Petersham Cat – a feline with Very Good Taste
Thug, the Petersham Nurseries Cat, enjoying the shade amongst some choice terracotta today.
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Guerilla crochet at Kew Gardens? Tree cosy?
Exactly why this tree - an oak - has been decked out thus, well, I can't say. The sheep are a mystery to me too...
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The Woodland Garden, Salvia Border & Grass Beds at Kew Gardens – cool wanderings on a warm summer day
Kirengeshoma palmata (below) Actaea rubra ssp argenta (below) and in the Salvia borders... just beginning to colour up (the show ought to go on until November) The last image is of Salvia argenta - silver-fur and quite gorgeous. The name plates for almost all the salvias in the border are lost amongst the exuberant foliage.…
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