Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Jude the Obscure, with hints of Gertrude Jekyll and Graham Thomas Gertrude Jekyll - a beautifully scented shrub rose and Fragrant English Climber Two glorious David Austin roses, in bloom now and probably (given the long summer, after a late start) in flower for many weeks to come. Few other plants can give so many…
Continue reading ➞ Jude & Gertie
The Lady Gardener - introduced by David Austin this year - one of just four new roses to add to their collection I'm wondering still about this rose, the name and the rose itself. I haven't seen a mature plant out in a garden situation yet, so my observations are quite limited. Certainly it is…
Continue reading ➞ The Shady Lady Gardener
English Rose, Summer Song, from David Austin Now here we have a rose with attitude! Quite unmistakeable among the catalogue of softer colours and quite distinct from the other 'orange' roses created by David Austin - Lady Emma Hamilton (of course), Pat Austin, Lady of Shalott. It is a rangy plant, even needing some support…
Continue reading ➞ Super Nova – Summer Song
Rose, Gertrude Jekyll There are few better ways to decorate a home than with flowers - a single stem of your favourite flower in a jam jar, can be just the thing. Then again, how about an armful of the most scented roses? A wide, deep vase full of leaf, bud and flower with an…
Continue reading ➞ Generous Gertie…
Jude the Obscure One of David Austin's finest I think, Jude the Obscure has a beautiful form, subtle colouring and a zesty scent of citrus and exotic fruits (in the style of Lady Emma Hamilton - have I mentioned that she's my favourite? Referencing Bruce Forsyth!) The flash of pink is from Gertrude Jekyll, no…
A selection of roses from the Pococks Rose Nursery in Hampshire I drove down to Pococks Rose Nursery near Romsey in Hampshire earlier this week and spent a very happy hour (and two) immersed in their collection of beautiful and extraordinarily perfumed roses, some of which are included in this gallery. The Hybrid Teas and…
Continue reading ➞ Heaven is a rose nursery…
Hot Chocolate, Novelty Rose of the Year 2006 A cluster-flowered, floribunda rose with a quite unique colouring that is very difficult to capture - I know, I've photographed this rose dozens of times and this is the first time I have made a decent stab of it! Growing to 3'/90cm tall and a little less…
Continue reading ➞ Chocolate Fancy
A whole lot of David Austin - not much writing, but plenty of pictures for this Friday night. Grace David Austin rose, Grace, with distinctive quilled petals. One of the shorter bush roses and also excellent in a container. Princess Anne A rose of exceptional health, immune to powdery mildew and blackspot and flowering in…
Continue reading ➞ An English Rose… and another…
Lady Emma Hamilton Jam The finished product and I'm a hopeful cook, in that this will set into some jam-like, spreadable, stays on toast consistency. (If it refuses to set, then iced rose petal granita it will be!) Four pints of water, or a little over, a kilo of jam sugar (with pectin), the juice…
Continue reading ➞ Hamilton Jam
The Teddington Gardener 