Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Just your ordinary crocus, with more than a touch of drama Anemone coronaria - feathery foliage and neon bright flowers - the colours on this photograph have strayed a little from what we photographers like to call 'what they look like', the true pink being a shocking one, but I like the image. I suspect…
Continue reading ➞ Technicolor dreams…
Flower and fragrance - there is no lack of interest in the woodland at Wisley These images from the Wild Wood, an area bounded by the Alpine Meadow, Rock Garden and Seven Acres, with forays up the hill for the Iris (and into the Alpine House). You can almost hear the fresh growth popping on…
Continue reading ➞ Flowers and fragrance at RHS Wisley
Edgworthia chrysantha The tightly-closed, felt-grey buds of this gorgeous shrub have opened to reveal their sunny side and clove-scented pompoms smother the bare stems. No need to add more as I have talked about this beauty many times before - just look it up in the search box in the side bar. If you do…
Continue reading ➞ Edgworthia chrysantha – my favourite
I love the Alpine House at RHS Wisley - a traditional glasshouse packed full of plants, their terracotta pots sunk into a raised sandy bench. Just the right height for a close look at these intricate and beautifully bright jewels. The Davies Alpine House at Kew - the clam shell - has cutting edge architecture…
Continue reading ➞ The Alpine House at RHS Wisley – a box of delights!
So good, he posted it twice... a re-run of some of the photographs I took at the Orchid exhibition at Kew just after it opened last week. Such a sumptuous display - for all of the senses - if you can make plans to visit, don't miss out. Closes 9th March 2014
The King and Queen on a rare visit to the RHS gardens at Wisley The white Henry Moore Arch at the top of Battleston Hill has disappeared, to be replaced by some seated royalty at the top of the Lily Pond. I saw these beautiful figures last at Hatfield House. There was much, much more…
Continue reading ➞ Henry Moore at RHS Wisley
Hellebore Winter Sunshine Another stocky, sturdy and very floriferous Hellebore, with a creamy white congestion of flowers, piled one on top and in front of each other - maturing to a deeper greeny-chocolately-red. http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk/item/Herbaceous-Perennials/Winter-Sunshine-PBR/LIO Helleborus x ericsmithii 'Winter Sunshine' is a fabulous variety of this choice hybrid, with clusters of purple buds on dark purple…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sunshine
Whichford Pottery - handmade terracotta pots. On my list of Lovely Things. Plus, if I ever return to pottery class, something that I might more usefully pursue (my kitchen cupboards hold testament to my artistic talents, ceramic-wise, after two evening courses... plenty of smallish bowls, useful for olives and dips, hula hoops and peanuts, but…
Continue reading ➞ Whichford Pottery
Lose no time... Once upon a time.... my sister Christine, in the kaftan, my brother Mark, my Mother and me... I'm hijacking the purely horticultural aims of this blog for personal reasons - and a nostalgic walk down memory lane. Of all the times that I have been back home, in almost four decades, I…
Continue reading ➞ A trip down memory lane… and a history lesson
The Teddington Gardener 