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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.

Categories Abstract Photography, Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Auricula, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, Climbing plants, colour, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Flower Shows, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, General comment, Magnolia, my projects, National Trust Gardens, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Roses, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Trees, Trees for smaller gardensLeave a Comment on 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.

Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – March 2014 – Kew and Wisley, The Savill Garden and Petersham Nurseries. Spring advances.

Categories Acid-loving plants, Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Auricula, Bedding, Bulbs, Camellias, Clematis, Climbing plants, container gardening, Cutting Garden, dark foliage plants, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Hellebore, herbaceous, Lawn Care, Magnolia, my projects, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, Rhododendron & Azalea, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Savill Garden, spring flowering, Spring Garden, The Savill Garden, Trees for smaller gardensLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – March 2014 – Kew and Wisley, The Savill Garden and Petersham Nurseries. Spring advances.

My first March visit to Kew Gardens A purchase of a very brilliant little machine - scarifying and aerating the lawn with ease... My first March visit to Kew Gardens - taking in the Pagoda, Chokushi-mon Japanese Landscape, the Xstrata and some of the arboretum. My first week at Petersham Nurseries, at the beginning of…

Continue reading ➞ Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – March 2014 – Kew and Wisley, The Savill Garden and Petersham Nurseries. Spring advances.

Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – February 2014 – Kew and Wisley, Syon and Petersham Nurseries. Spring approaches.

Categories Acid-loving plants, Alpine, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Camellias, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Grasses, Hellebore, Indoor gardening, Open to the public, Orchids, Ornamental trees, Petersham Nurseries, RHS WIsley, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Seasonal colour, Snowdrops (Galanthus), Winter GardenLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – February 2014 – Kew and Wisley, Syon and Petersham Nurseries. Spring approaches.

Primulas providing some welcome colour Birch bark at Kew Crocus at Kew and snowdrops - Ulmus villosa, also at kew The new fruit and vegetable area at Syon Park Garden Centre - my last month there before moving across the river to Petersham Nurseries in March The Orchid Festival at Kew The Rockery and Alpine…

Continue reading ➞ Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – February 2014 – Kew and Wisley, Syon and Petersham Nurseries. Spring approaches.

Orange, scarlet, blue and shocking pink – Christmas in Technocolor

Categories Abstract Photography, Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Christmas, container gardening, Fragrant plants, General comment, House plants, Petersham Nurseries, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on 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…

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I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas… Hellebores, Tulips, Amaryllis, Anemones, Narcissus, Moth Orchids, Jasmine…

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Christmas, Climbing plants, container gardening, Cutting Garden, Fragrant plants, Hellebore, House plants, Indoor gardening, Petersham Nurseries1 Comment on I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas… Hellebores, Tulips, Amaryllis, Anemones, Narcissus, Moth Orchids, Jasmine…

Plenty of choice here if you are looking to furnish your home and compliment a winter garden with white-flowering lovelies - tulips of course will be flowering outside next Spring but here is a taster of things to come. Paperwhite narcissus are properly in bloom now and fragrant they are too - next Spring look…

Continue reading ➞ I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas… Hellebores, Tulips, Amaryllis, Anemones, Narcissus, Moth Orchids, Jasmine…

What have I been up to, I hear you ask? Behold British Cut Flowers & Richmond Hill, Festive outdoor containers, twinkling lights at Petersham, Pyromania, Air plants and Terrariums, scented pelargoniums and baubles!

Categories Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Christmas, Cutting Garden, Fragrant plants, my projects, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on What have I been up to, I hear you ask? Behold British Cut Flowers & Richmond Hill, Festive outdoor containers, twinkling lights at Petersham, Pyromania, Air plants and Terrariums, scented pelargoniums and baubles!

British grown cut flowers at Petersham Nurseries this week - Cornish Anemones, Tulips, Ranunculus in mulberry shades, Woodstock Hyacinths - with Kokedama cyclamens hyacinths and other delights for the lunchtime table... A few pictures to follow, as I have been rather busy, Christmas and wotnot, visiting family Up North, and these pages have been blank…

Continue reading ➞ What have I been up to, I hear you ask? Behold British Cut Flowers & Richmond Hill, Festive outdoor containers, twinkling lights at Petersham, Pyromania, Air plants and Terrariums, scented pelargoniums and baubles!

Black Cats for Black Friday – and a look at the Cutting Garden

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More feline company at the Nursery - very intense stares from this pair - watching with great interest as the Christmas Trees arrived. A Very Green Friday for us then and very glad not be in a scrum at some department store, battling for a 50" TV... The Cutting Garden meanwhile is settling into winter…

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Sunshine, hurrah – a country church yard, that display again, a huge basket of Spirea, a bit of Mahonia, Camellia sasanqua and Bambi, also again…

Categories Architectural Plants, Art in the landscape, Autumn garden, Camellias, Fragrant plants, General comment, Grasses, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colourLeave a Comment on Sunshine, hurrah – a country church yard, that display again, a huge basket of Spirea, a bit of Mahonia, Camellia sasanqua and Bambi, also again…

Sunshine today and a few things that caught my eye - walking past St. Peter's Church yard in Petersham this morning; the sun shining on the display (pictured yesterday but with the benefit of sunbeams); an oversized stone basket with more golden Spirea; some equally sunny Mahonia and one of the earlier-flowering Camellias, the pink…

Continue reading ➞ Sunshine, hurrah – a country church yard, that display again, a huge basket of Spirea, a bit of Mahonia, Camellia sasanqua and Bambi, also again…

Overcast all day, some rain but with some bright sparks and highlights… fiery Spirea, white/grey/yellow combinations, tall bamboos and a TARDIS-like van, new roses, a cutting garden update

Categories Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bulbs, Climbing plants, Cutting Garden, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, General comment, Grasses, Hellebore, Hydrangea, my projects, Open to the public, Petersham NurseriesLeave a Comment on Overcast all day, some rain but with some bright sparks and highlights… fiery Spirea, white/grey/yellow combinations, tall bamboos and a TARDIS-like van, new roses, a cutting garden update

Fire and gold tints throughout this display - from an unexpected source - Spirea nipponica Snowmound is better known for its smothering of white blossom on arching stems in June and July but this vigorous shrub is putting on a spectacular finish, teamed with spires of Molinea grasses, fountains of green Liriope muscari, berries of…

Continue reading ➞ Overcast all day, some rain but with some bright sparks and highlights… fiery Spirea, white/grey/yellow combinations, tall bamboos and a TARDIS-like van, new roses, a cutting garden update