Grasses

The Glasshouse Borders at RHS Wisley – masterly and painterly, still

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From a vantage at the top of The Mount, looking down towards the lake and Glasshouse, these double borders mix perennials and grasses with stands of shrubs (like Cotinus), planted in ribbons that hop across from one side of the grass to the other. Well, you know this since I've come back to these borders…

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Tour de force – a tour around RHS Wisley – first up, the Herbaceous Borders

Categories Architectural Plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, late summer border, RHS WIsley, Seasonal colour2 Comments on Tour de force – a tour around RHS Wisley – first up, the Herbaceous Borders

The double herbaceous borders at RHS Wisley are worthy of close attention and admiration. Individual plants are to be appreciated for the well-grown specimens they are, and combinations of plants can delight and surprise as the eye bounces along each long, deep border before the grassy runway ascends Battleston Hill with all the delights that…

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Arabella Lennox Boyd – invention and boundless imagination in the gardens at Gresgarth Hall

Categories Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Autumn garden, Clematis, container gardening, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Kitchen Garden, late summer border, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Rhododendron & Azalea, Roses, Seasonal colour, Shrubs, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Summer garden, Travel broadens the mind, Trees, Water gardening, Winter Garden2 Comments on Arabella Lennox Boyd – invention and boundless imagination in the gardens at Gresgarth Hall

A chance remark and the right alignment of dates and here we are, wandering through these remarkable gardens created in the midst of a wooded valley, bisected by a tributary of the River Lune, a showcase for the imagination and talent of garden designer Arabella Lennox Boyd. Up North, in the village of Caton outside…

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Petersham Nurseries at the Grow London Garden Fair – over now but definitely not to be forgotten….

Categories Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Bedding, Bulbs, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Plants for a shady garden?, plants for roses, Roses, Seasonal colour, Seeds, Summer garden, Vegetables, White Garden, Wildlife gardening1 Comment on Petersham Nurseries at the Grow London Garden Fair – over now but definitely not to be forgotten….

A full planting of annuals, biennials, meadow grasses and wild flowers, bulbs, perennials, roses, climbers and ramblers, herbs and traditional bedding plants - a delicious tumble of colours and fragrances. Petersham Nurseries in miniature, with Indian carts and terracotta, rustic chestnut pergola, hoggin floor, kokedama and edible flowers. A magical garden created for the Grow…

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Everything I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live today ….

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Bulbs, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, evergreen perennial, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, House plants, Hydrangea, Indoor gardening, Japanese Maples (Acers), Kitchen Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Orchids, Plants for a shady garden?, plants for roses, Rhododendron & Azalea, Roses, Seasonal colour, Seeds, Shrubs, Spring Garden, Summer garden, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical, White Garden, Wildlife gardening1 Comment on Everything I saw at BBC Gardeners’ World Live today ….

Voila! All my photos from the show in one gallery - I've had a lovely day but with several hours travel up and down the M40 and sat sitting on the M25... well here are my pictures and I'm going out for some dinner now..... There is, I grant, a little sorting through, grouping, annotating…

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The Savill Garden and Windsor Great Park – summer cycling and a picnic, roses, dry gardens, shady glades and boggy bits, castles, lakes and wide open spaces

Categories Architectural Plants, David Austin roses, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Plants for a shady garden?, plants for roses, Rhododendron & Azalea, Savill Garden, Summer garden, The Savill GardenLeave a Comment on The Savill Garden and Windsor Great Park – summer cycling and a picnic, roses, dry gardens, shady glades and boggy bits, castles, lakes and wide open spaces

The Savill Garden was our first port of call today, an impressive collection of gardens within the larger vision of Windsor Great Park. I wanted to have a look at the rose garden in particular, a swirling design of tapering interlocking beds, the colour of the roses intensifying towards the centre (peaking with Munstead Wood,…

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February made me shiver….

Categories Alpine, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, Dahlias, David Austin roses, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, Hellebore, herbaceous, jobs to do in ..., Lawn Care, Pruning, Roses, Shrubs, Snowdrops (Galanthus), spring flowering, Spring Garden, Vegetables1 Comment on February made me shiver….

I am dreaming of Spring, mostly. There is a great deal to admire in February so I worry that we might wish the month away without appreciating what is looking - or giving - its best right now, or the quiet simplicity of our gardens stripped bare of all of the spring and summer fireworks…

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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – November 2014 – Madeira, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley, Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park), Petersham Nurseries, Salvias, Ginkgos and prepartions for Christmas. Tropical Island Gardens while Autumn makes an appearance at home.

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Christmas, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, David Austin roses, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, House plants, Indoor gardening, late summer border, Open to the public, Orchids, Petersham Nurseries, plants for roses, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical1 Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – November 2014 – Madeira, Kew Gardens, RHS Wisley, Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park), Petersham Nurseries, Salvias, Ginkgos and prepartions for Christmas. Tropical Island Gardens while Autumn makes an appearance at home.