Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Plenty of glorious clematis on display last month, particularly on the Thorncroft Clematis exhibit. Really makes me want to grow more at home! I spoke to a very helpful past Secretary of the British Clematis Society - http://www.britishclematis.org.uk/ - and if my love affair with roses ever falters then I'm certain to hot foot it…
The first in a short sequence of photographic posts featuring particular plants displayed at the 2016 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Bearded Irises, these. Wow, but these are beautiful! So glad I finally got around to sorting through them. Rather miffed I missed the show at Wootens of Wenhaston in Suffolk - 2 acres of irises…
Continue reading ➞ Somewhere over the rainbow – Irises on show at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Well, I have been busy! And quite frankly (and wonderfully) there was a lot of coverage of the 2016 RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the time and my few offerings were really going to be swallowed up whole and lost in the great smorgasbord of television coverage (as ever, thank you BBC2), newspaper and magazine…
Continue reading ➞ A little time travel I think – cast your mind back to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
All this rain ought to make this an exceptional season for the water-loving Hydrangeas - if it doesn't rot their heads off that is. Thug, the Petersham Cat, is keeping a close eye on their development! Photo courtesy of Mark at Petersham
Après nous, le deluge - part political statement, given the referendum today (and a potentially very glum statement too) and a reference to the storms, heavenly waterfalls and flashing light-shows last night. To calm my shattered nerves, a gallery of roses, photographs taken yesterday at Petersham Nurseries, in a rare few hours of 'dry' (look…
Well I had my macro lens with me today, hence the kind of images you have here - and plenty of roses to draw the eye (and nose - to take a gorgeous sniff). Not much time but I had to photograph some flowers today after a day photographing a wedding yesterday. Lovely, lively day…
Enough rain today to satisfy Dr Foster, on his way to Gloucester - but here at Petersham, it made some rather beautiful plants even more beautiful - roses of course, the first of the dahlias (and my apologies for not noting their names - next time I'll look at the Cutting Garden Plan), and a…
A busy day at Petersham Nurseries, collecting a generous delivery of roses from David Austin - more standard roses including Desdemona, Tranquility and Olivia Rose Austin - large specimen shrubs and large specimen climbers plus a whole host of shrubs, climbers, ramblers (and repeat flowering ramblers at that) to keep us happy for a week…
Phyllis Bide - the perfect rambling rose for a cottage garden - informal flowers in a muddle of apricot and cream - and not a monster either, like Kiftsgate or Wedding Day... Morning All! I'm contributing to a workshop at Petersham Nurseries today hosted by Amanda Brame, and of course I'm talking about roses. I…
Continue reading ➞ Creating a cottage garden – and roses of course ….
The Teddington Gardener 