A little flower arranging - of the 'where they fall' variety, like spillikins, but with the freshest of ingredients. The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries, a floral powerhouse.
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Just Agapanthus Queen Mum
One of my favourite Agapanthus this, Queen Mum (not even Queen Mother or HRH Queen Mother), a tall statuesque thing of beauty, with lilac-violet-blue blushes to the pure white trumpets, forming large globes held aloft at least 1m/1.2m above the strappy green leaves. No shrinking violet, this. Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis Queen Mum ['PMN06'] (Queen…
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Is it deadheading – or wabi-sabi in action at Petersham Nurseries?
Deadheading the roses this afternoon - a necessary but enjoyable part of rose care and maintenance - and once again, a box of delights remains. Yesterday, three boxes of petals were given out for jam-making adventures. Today, slimmer pickings, one young girl took the whole tray with the expectation to taking them home to Edinburgh.…
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High Summer Gallery – Jewel & Cool colours at Petersham Nurseries and The Cutting Garden
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Any colour so long as it zings! A Friday Gallery from Petersham Nurseries (reprise, By the rivers of Babylon…)
Dahlias of course, including the Statement Babylon beauties, adding considerable zing to the Cutting Garden
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Sunday, Monday – Happy Days…. sweet peas, dahlias, the Petersham Cat and more….
A few pictures from yesterday and today, two gloriously sunny days at Petersham Nurseries. Just lovely.
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Before we get to Hampton Court, a gallop through Luton Hoo, Wrest Park and more from Petersham Nurseries – hurrying to keep up with the virtual mountain of photography…
Taxi?! Luton Hoo, in Bedfordshire, has a fascinating history, the family seat of an über-weathly family who lost almost all their fortunes in the credit-crunch of the 1980's. Fabergé eggs once sat casually on side tables! It is now an Elite Hotel, and lovely too, with formal gardens and parkland and nearby, a Land Rover…
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The Evolution of a Cutting Garden, late February to June….
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Keep on deadheading repeat-flowering roses for a show that will go on and on…
I really enjoy deadheading roses - or rather as the outgoing Head Gardener at Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens prefers, removing the spent blooms. It is a very satisfying job in the garden, and has an immediate effect on the look of a rose bush. It is a quiet job, allowing you time to take a…
Continue reading ➞ Keep on deadheading repeat-flowering roses for a show that will go on and on…
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