Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Dahlia Canary Fubuki A beautiful dahlia with (decasplit) blooms of lemon fading to the tips, literally translating as Canary Snowstorm. Growing to 1m-1.2m, preferring rich soils and probably needing some winter protection in colder regions. Deadhead regularly for a display that should carry on until the first frosts. Then either lift the tubers and store…
Continue reading ➞ Canary Snowstorm
We're getting ready to bring you a regular gardening show on ORLA.fm, which is something completely new for me and very, very exciting. Promotional recordings are being aired this weekend and I hope that they whet your appetite for the full-on shows which start in October. After many years doing all kinds of other things, I came…
Continue reading ➞ Zielone Palce
Very, Very Excited to be recording.... ....the promotional material for a gardening column on local radio.... set to start proper in October. Exciting and a little daunting. Who would have thought there were so many verbal traps and trip-ups waiting to befall the unwary. So much to think about - every word - and the…
Continue reading ➞ On the Radio
Japanese Anemone Queen Charlotte against bi-coloured Kniphofia Pink, orange, purple, green, yellow and blue. Works for me!
Leucanthemum Victorian Secret, photobombed by Delphinium Coral Sunset (trying to find a planting partner for this unretiring spire) Victorian Secret is a compact plant with ruffled petals and the promise of 'no odour' - are lesser shasta daisies notably unpleasant, olfactory-wise?
I know this is a little premature, but I'm readying myself for a new gardening related project and there is so much to plan - you might think the workload would be slowing down come September but there is still so much to do, in both the ornamental and kitchen garden - maintaining both, extending…
Continue reading ➞ Things to do in September…
An apple a day... 'Tis the season, almost, of mellow fruitfulness and home-grown fruit has to be one of the best rewards for our gardening efforts. If you haven't already made room in your plot for a fruit tree, now is the time to start thinking about what kind of tree, which variety and doing…
Continue reading ➞ Hounslow Wonder and other apples….
Phormium with raindrop lenses.. Less snap-happy and more looking at the names of the plants might lend more authority to these entries, though this was a very quick, held-at-the-waist-and-click picture that revealed the optical qualities of the raindrops only after downloading to the computer. I'm guessing that this particular phormium is some combination of Maori…
Continue reading ➞ Maori Surprise
Bright orange crocosmia Fire Jumper, with a flash of blue from clematis Daniel Deronda Now while you might not see these two plants side by side, what with one being a climber, both colours sing with their association, creating a little more electricity than either of these sparky plants do on their own. Something to…
Continue reading ➞ Orange & Blue
The Teddington Gardener 