The Long Border, Great Dixter – photos from a warm late-July day, feeling like August
Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter
A glorious day yesterday at Great Dixter, a Study Day with Fergus Garrett (above) discussing Succession Planting as it applies to these gardens in particular and some advice to take away with us for own own delight and edification. These are extraordinary gardens that continue to delight though their creator, Christopher (Christo) Lloyd died in…
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Dahlias, Cosmos, Sweet Peas, Verbena, Veronicastrum, Cobaea scandens, Sunflowers, Ammi majus, Crocosmia, Zinnia, Roses galore – and Me
A little flower arranging - of the 'where they fall' variety, like spillikins, but with the freshest of ingredients. The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries, a floral powerhouse.
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When is a plant just a plant? (Bring me sunshine…)
Bring me sunshine, enjoy the plants (so much more than plants aren't they?) and pardon me - never mind the bo@@ocks! Bring Me Sunshine - Lyrics by Sylvia Dee Bring me Sunshine, in your smile, Bring me laughter, all the while, In this world where we live, there should be more happiness, So much joy…
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Pink and Orange. Together? Oh yes!
Penstemon Pink Riding Hood and fragrant English Rose, Boscobel, from the David Austin stable. In fact, Boscobel has many guises and can be a deeper pink or stronger orange, depending on weather conditions and a mature shrub will have all shades represented, adding to the overall appeal. Fruity fragrance too. Pink and Orange can work.…
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Just Agapanthus Queen Mum
One of my favourite Agapanthus this, Queen Mum (not even Queen Mother or HRH Queen Mother), a tall statuesque thing of beauty, with lilac-violet-blue blushes to the pure white trumpets, forming large globes held aloft at least 1m/1.2m above the strappy green leaves. No shrinking violet, this. Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis Queen Mum ['PMN06'] (Queen…
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Is it deadheading – or wabi-sabi in action at Petersham Nurseries?
Deadheading the roses this afternoon - a necessary but enjoyable part of rose care and maintenance - and once again, a box of delights remains. Yesterday, three boxes of petals were given out for jam-making adventures. Today, slimmer pickings, one young girl took the whole tray with the expectation to taking them home to Edinburgh.…
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High Summer Gallery – Jewel & Cool colours at Petersham Nurseries and The Cutting Garden
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Any colour so long as it zings! A Friday Gallery from Petersham Nurseries (reprise, By the rivers of Babylon…)
Dahlias of course, including the Statement Babylon beauties, adding considerable zing to the Cutting Garden
The Teddington Gardener 