Tulip Carnaval de Nice Tulip Estella Rijnvald (above) A pyre of Tulip Princess Irene Fritillaris imperialis - just about holding its own with the fire-bright tulip, Princess Irene
Spring Garden
Rococo – just the most flamboyant, frilled, flame-coloured Tulip
Tulip Rococo An early, short-ish tulip, in volcanic shades of scarlet, crimson, cerise and orange. Frilled, puckered and alternately silky-sheeny-shiny and matt, with yellow, green and black, for good measure. The carnival outfit for the outspoken plant in Little Shop of Horrors. An excellent variety for a container - these are in a quite shallow…
Continue reading ➞ Rococo – just the most flamboyant, frilled, flame-coloured Tulip
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Rhododendron cinnabarinum at Emmetts Garden – pendant, deep, warm shades of orange
I saw this rhododendron right at the top of the bluebell wood in Emmetts Garden, a National Trust property just outside Sevenoaks in Kent and noted the pendant habit of the flowers and of course, the warm, deep shades of orange, both setting this apart as a rather special rhododendron. I suspected it was R.…
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Wisteria billowing, Hawthorn blooming, Tulips flourishing – my day in seven photographs
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More Wisteria, a Spring Garden and a Fragrant Cat –
I've recently found and photographed some rather grand properties, or at the very least, expensive ones - over which wisteria has been artfully draped. This mid-terrace by Teddington Lock is probably pricey, but it is not palatial. The wisteria however, is quite extravagant. The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries this morning. You can almost hear…
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Pink
Just to redress the balance (i.e. not orange), a single hot pink tulip, elevated into something altogether classier by virtue of the silver sheen on the reverse of the petals. Its name escapes me for the moment...
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Cor blimey! luv-a-duck apples-and-pears…
The Wild Pear, Pyrus pyraster, blooming at Kew (above) Pyrus nivalis the Snow Pear, flowering in front of a group of Amelanchier (above) Amelanchier intermedia (above) Malus Laxton's Red (above and below) Malus Robert's Crab (above) Malus baccata Jackii (above) Malus halliana (above) Malus Laxton's Red (above) and the 'duck' in question... Crab-apples and wild…
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Hanami – my very own Cherry Blossom Festival in Kew Gardens
A combination of recent warm weather, sunshine, light breezes and little rain combine to make the show of cherry blossom, just yesterday at Kew Gardens, beautiful. Crab-apples and wild pears, Amelanchier and the last of the magnolias were also in flower, but the cherries, by dint of the sheer exuberance of their display, won me…
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Kew Green – waiting for the Wisteria to flower…
A brief stop on the north side of Kew Green, to a terrace of charming and characterful houses. I missed the Wisteria the last time if memory serves and I am a couple of weeks early this time around - it is just beginning to emerge with hints of blue against the brickwork. The double…
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