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15 Favourites – Garden Plants

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At Petersham Nurseries, we are planning our 15th Anniversary this month of May, celebrating the past decade and a half under the stewardship of the Boglione family and the development of the Nurseries and the expert team behind its horticultural reputation. We are choosing 15 favourites, roses of course, garden plants and houseplants, (for we…

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P P P P Pick up a Pelargonium …..

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RHS Wisley has put on a fantastic display of Pelargoniums in the Glasshouse - such colour and fragrance (the scent in the leaves in this instance). Clearly they can be bright and bold, frilled, starbursting and bi-coloured but there are stunning varieties with simply beautiful foliage (oak-leaved and variegated for example) as well as those…

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What have I been up to, I hear you ask? Behold British Cut Flowers & Richmond Hill, Festive outdoor containers, twinkling lights at Petersham, Pyromania, Air plants and Terrariums, scented pelargoniums and baubles!

Categories Architectural Plants, Bulbs, Christmas, Cutting Garden, Fragrant plants, my projects, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on What have I been up to, I hear you ask? Behold British Cut Flowers & Richmond Hill, Festive outdoor containers, twinkling lights at Petersham, Pyromania, Air plants and Terrariums, scented pelargoniums and baubles!

British grown cut flowers at Petersham Nurseries this week - Cornish Anemones, Tulips, Ranunculus in mulberry shades, Woodstock Hyacinths - with Kokedama cyclamens hyacinths and other delights for the lunchtime table... A few pictures to follow, as I have been rather busy, Christmas and wotnot, visiting family Up North, and these pages have been blank…

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Smellie Pellies Rule, OK!

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An unnamed perlargonium in the glasshouse at Petersham - giving me the thought I should check on the scented perlargoniums at home - and maybe add to them? And so, giving the camera a clean this morning and having a look around. Scented Pelargoniums (Smellie Pellies) from the Fibrex stand at the last RHS Spring…

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