Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Anna's Red, a superb new introduction from Devon based nurseryman Rodney Davey, named for Anna Pavord. Rich colouring, great contrast, pearly sheen to new buds and pink colouration to marbling on new foliage, fading to cream. Large blooms, outward facing or slightly nodding. A delight and the fruit of twelve years of work by this…
Continue reading ➞ Hellebore Anna’s Red
Rodney Davey, Hellebore Magician.. A link to an Independent newspaper article featuring Rodney Davey, hellebore breeder - and the development of Anna's Red, a remarkable new form, now commercially available. I have two plants now, and a third of Penny's Pink, coming from the same esteemed magician.
Hellebores on my mind at the moment, unsurprisingly. 'Candylove' looking particularly extravagant today at Syon, 'Anna's Red' on the dining room table (substituting for roses) and itself getting set to be photographed tomorrow along with Penny's Pink (both from the stable of Devon man, Rodney Davey). I'm expecting to see a multitude at the RHS…
Continue reading ➞ Hellebores all the way!
Bergenia - another photograph taken at Kew last year, a variety with good winter colour but retaining a lot of green. Usually I photograph the plant, then the label if there is one, then the plant a few more times. This cultivar/image is not catalogued in this way so does not have a name... Another…
Continue reading ➞ More… Bergenia
These low-growing, clump forming, usually evergreen plants are popular both for their foliage and for their attractive sprays of spring flowers. In winter, many develop attractive foliage tints. Although the spring flowers are welcome, especially after winter (and come in a range of colours from white, through pink to reds and purples), the cold-season foliage…
Continue reading ➞ Bergenia – Foliage & Flower
Rose, Lady Emma Hamilton (Austin). Another look forward, though in my defence, this rose is still blooming in the garden (I posted a picture a couple of weeks ago, flowering happily amongst the snowfall). The colours now have lost much of the the summer intensity of oranges, apricot and gold but to remind myself... The…
Continue reading ➞ Rose, Lady Emma Hamilton
Camellias at Chiswick House, West London. An extraordinary collection of camellias in the Duke of Devonshire's glasshouse at Chiswick House. Impressive just considering the flower power these plants exhibit and staggering considering their age, most dating to between 1830-1850.... many being the first plant introductions into the UK of their kind. Plan a trip soon.
A little early for magnolia blossom, although the flower buds are already plump and furry. Such a variety of form and flower, evergreen and deciduous. I have M. x loebneri Leonard Messel, an unnamed M. soulangeana and an apricot flowered form at home, the name of which escapes me (bought last year). All beautiful. Black…
Time to visit Chiswick House I think, their camellia collection in the glasshouse ought to be coming into flower. Built in the 1830's by the Duke of Devonshire, at a once world record beating 300' long, the recently renovated greenhouse houses a unique collection of camellias - all but one planted between 1830 and 1850.…
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