Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
My bronze (copper with a little tin) trowel from Implementations - which I bought at an RHS Spring Show a couple of years ago. Yet to be used, though prompted by a tweet I saw, I think I should start using it - and the matching hand fork I picked up at the same time.…
Continue reading ➞ A new Bronze Age
Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Alba' - a tough alpine plant, requiring sun and sharp drainage - and lustily resents being moved once established so pick your spot carefully! These beautiful flowers, with their heavily textured, fluffy-furry overcoats, are followed by striking seed-heads, extending the season of interest. There are cultivars in blues and reds too. …
Continue reading ➞ Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Alba’ – the white Pasque Flower
The autumn-flowering cherry, Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' Spring-flowering cherries are coming into bloom now - and a fine sight they will be, really nothing to equal the glamorous profusion of it in fact. But this one is a proper gem, since it comes into flower whenever there is a mild spell throughout the winter…
Continue reading ➞ Autumn, Winter and early Spring Beauty: Prunus x subhirtella ‘Autumnalis Rosea’
A very useful evergreen shrub, with neat glossy leaves and masses of white, highly fragrant, sweetly scented flowers in early Spring. In sun or part-shade, growing 6' tall and through (though with judicious pruning after it has flowered, it can be kept more compact). The species name burkwoodii appears against several plants - and refers…
We can't all do this, bring in a few branches of magnolia inside for the joy of it - but joyful it is. And very decadent.
A Mediterranean Town Garden in Kew Another full day and progress is being made, though I think a hot bath is needed now for sore muscles! Pretty much all of the plants have found a home - and thankfully the soil is quite workable - stony, but compliant. Just a few specimens to plant tomorrow,…
Continue reading ➞ A Mediterranean Town Garden begins to shape up…
Despite the early appearance of poppies - and unexplained red hot pokers in full bloom - Spring is asserting itself with just the right kind of bulbs and blossom - a little photo-gallery so that we can appreciate Nature's Bounty But then what are these things doing in flower right now - a whole clump…
Continue reading ➞ Spring is springing… the right plants at the right time, this time
We're off to a good start - breaking ground today on my Mediterranean project in Kew. The first crop of plants have been delivered, including those I bought from North Hill Nurseries last week. The (growing) list includes - Caryopteris Heavenly Blue, Dark Knight, White Surprise (7), Euphorbia White Swan (3), Pinus Mugo Mops, Amelanchier…
Continue reading ➞ Plants and prospects for my new Kew Project
The Teddington Gardener 