Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Did you know that 8% of all flowering plants are orchids? Well there are quite a lot of them here in the Princess of Wales Conservatory for the Orchid Festival at Kew Gardens... Warm, humid spaces, with a tropical soundtrack too, filled with all manner of floral delights, thousands of orchids and other exotica. The…
Continue reading ➞ Escape winter….. Orchids at Kew 2014
Usually, sometime during each week, a particular plant will catch my eye. Something new to me or as in this case, an aspect I hadn't considered. Pitcher plants flower! A single tray of glorious plants with varied variegation and in bloom. The £10 ebay purchase of 4 volumes of the Dictionary of Gardening comes in…
Continue reading ➞ Carnivorous plants….
The Teddington Gardener 