Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Delighted to know that buying an annual membership to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire (£31), also entitles you to free access to the gardens at Kew and Wakehurst Place, amongst others (because of their reciprocal arrangements). I know I'll be back to the Hampshire gardens (magnolia time, summer for the Centenary Border, autumn…
Continue reading ➞ Membership deal for Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Kew
A first visit to this extraordinary 200 acre garden - and a random gallery of photographs to be getting along with... More information at www3.hants.gov.uk/hilliergardens/hillier-gardens.htm
A joint visit today, back to Mottisfont Abbey and on to the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Hampshire. This Mottisfont photo gallery taken on a rather damp 21st June last year but looking superb. April cold and then lots of rain held back the flowering of the mostly once-blooming rose collection (the main show was…
Continue reading ➞ Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire
A sport of Summer Song (above) is set to be unveiled at Chelsea this year. Carolyn Knight, who worked with David Austin in the early years, will be remembered with a rose identical to Summer Song in almost all respects save for a distinctive soft gold colouring. Sports are not unusual in the David Austin…
Continue reading ➞ Sport of Summer Song set for Chelsea 2013
One of my favourite English Roses, Munstead Wood (named after Gertrude Jekyll's home and garden in Surrey). A dramatic, rich deep and velvety crimson with good fragrance. Flowers - large in size and cupped at first, the colour deepens as the flower matures and we get a glimpse of the stamens amongst the petals. Practically…
Continue reading ➞ Rose Munstead Wood (English Rose, David Austin)
This semi-circular border was planted (on bare soil) in April and May 2012 and photographed at the end of July. Plenty of rain helped it quickly establish - the addition of annual cosmos and verbena bonariensis, creating a fuller, more mature feel this early on. Roses are set to take centre stage in the coming…
Continue reading ➞ Thoughts turn to summer…
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