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Seasonal colour
Now I know – it’s Salvia forskaohlei – and Balkan, not Bulgarian…
orskaohlei...Salvia forskaohlei (Forskahl's Sage) (Indigo Woodland Sage) The large, almost triangular leaves of this Balkan native make a striking base for the long spires of white-streaked, violet-blue blooms where robust flower stems arch gracefully above the basal foliage, lying close to the ground. for more reading.... http://www.worldofsalvias.com/gallry12.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10986782/Dream-of-colour-Growing-salvias-is-the-answer.html http://gardendrum.com/2013/04/22/favourite-autumn-flowering-salvias/
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A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
A damp day at Petersham but the hardy gardener was undaunted and the plants were looking fine - the Cutting Garden has swelled quite noticeably, just in the week while I was away up North in t'Yorkshire - with more and more dahlias, sunflowers, twining vines, sweet peas, cosmos... A fine time to take some…
Continue reading ➞ A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
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Putting on a Petersham show… roses by me, styling by Amanda
and from our Doyenne of the Displays, Lady of the Carts, Madame Maestro.... Filled, finessed, crafted and created, displays at Petersham Nurseries, styling by Amanda - the newest member of the Horticulture Green Team. Roses by me....!
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A Day at Petersham – beautiful foxgloves and roses, alliums and Queen Anne’s Lace – and a gurning horse?
Digitalis (Foxgloves) providing some excitement in these displays - as it does in the garden - with more spires and spikes provided by Salvia Caradonna and, just coming into flower, Aconitum napellus in white. Ceanothus (Californian Lilac) adds more blue to the mix, with bright orange bringing the scheme to life - this is Geum…
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Springtime Blues at Wisley… and the rather excellent online RHS Plant Selector
Fields of Blue - Camassia leitchlini at RHS Wisley - with Rhododendrons in the woods there too (below) Primula auricula Blue Velvet - in the Alpine House at RHS Wisley yesterday Wisteria floribunda Yae kokuryu (above) at RHS Wisley - below, Clematis alpina Pamela Jackman (in my garden) If you are planning a blue-themed garden…
Continue reading ➞ Springtime Blues at Wisley… and the rather excellent online RHS Plant Selector
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The RHS Great London Plant Fair 2014 – Gold Medal Fritillaries
Fritillaria persica, on the Jacques Armand International exhibit - with quite a collection of fritillaries on display F. paddeana against F. imperialis lutea (above) Fritillaris crassifolia Wisley (above) F. sewerzowii (above and below) A fine collection of Imperial fritillaries in orange and yellow Also on the Jacques Armand exhibit, other Spring flowering bulbs - and…
Continue reading ➞ The RHS Great London Plant Fair 2014 – Gold Medal Fritillaries
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TGI Friday…
Just photos and captions today...!
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Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ AGM with a few words from Graham Stuart Thomas
Pieris 'Forest Flame' AGM This plant is in my tiny front garden. It is not in ericaceous (lime-free) compost and in the summer months, is shaded by a street-planted weeping Birch tree, though now it benefits from a clear canopy and a south-easterly aspect (as it does in this last regard, all year round). In…
Continue reading ➞ Pieris ‘Forest Flame’ AGM with a few words from Graham Stuart Thomas
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