Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Lavender angustifolia Hidcote. A strong blue-purple to this compact lavender, one of the brightest saturated colours in the lavender range - especially when multiplied through lines and drifts - and a beautiful companion to roses (despite their differing cultural needs). A little benign neglect, nothing too rich in the compost or feeding regime, excellent drainage…
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Cotinus coggygria Royal Purple and Cordyline australis I know that the Cotinus coggygria is commonly known as the Smoke Bush and have always liked the cloud-like seed heads that fluff around the stems and later roll over the ground like ghostly tumbleweed, or aerial frogspawn. But looking out through the back bedroom window earlier this week,…
Sunflowers Bring me Sunshine, in your smile, Bring me Laughter, all the while, In this world where we live, there should be more happiness, So much joy you can give, to each brand new bright tomorrow, Make me happy, through the years, Never bring me, any tears, Let your arms be as warm as the…
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Rosa sericea pteracantha/Rosa omeiensis pteracantha Rather an odd heading but then the thorns of this rose are spectacular, glowing like rubies against morning and evening sun - and the clattering - if you are near one of these bushes on a windy winter day, it makes quite a din. Big percussion thorns these. Of the…
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Just pictures, for now, of this fascinating Arts and Crafts Garden in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Such a magical place and combining the best of all worlds - a cultivated garden amid so much wild beauty.
The Plantsman's Walk, Or a little less than one quarter of it, leading into the Walled Gardens at Scampston in North Yorkshire. An avenue of limes with a border mainly of spring-flowering plants, including Paeonie rockii and Edgworthia chrystantha (two of my favourite plants, featured earlier in these entries), underplanted with many bulbs, and autumn…
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Yellow rapeseed and bright red poppies. Near Masham, North Yorkshire. A little 'Impressionists' moment, to share. More mundanely.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed
Monochrome doesn't have to be grey. A change I thought, to orange.
Newby Hall & Gardens, Ripon A week exploring North Yorkshire and much to see was there! Newby Hall & Gardens, near Ripon, was near the top of the list of attractions and a real plant hunters delight with much that is rare and unusual. The National Collection of Cornus kousa, a whole garden of salvias…
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The Teddington Gardener 