The cosmos are still floating around at head height, self-supporting and with ferny-filmy foliage - they have just kept on going and going this season with more to come... Likewise the sunflowers have had a great season, though their flower power is slowing down and much seed is being set. The zinnias, another late season…
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Marmite, Poodles and Sunflowers
A lovely warm September day and the sunflowers in the Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries were glowing as I left for the day. Towering above the not insubstantial dahlias, cosmos, lavatera, zinnia, verbena bonariensis, remnants of sweet peas and so much more, there are several varieties planted - I picked out two here, a tawny…
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A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
A damp day at Petersham but the hardy gardener was undaunted and the plants were looking fine - the Cutting Garden has swelled quite noticeably, just in the week while I was away up North in t'Yorkshire - with more and more dahlias, sunflowers, twining vines, sweet peas, cosmos... A fine time to take some…
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Bring me Sunshine (reprise) with Sunflowers from the Cutting Garden
These sunflowers have come on a-pace in the last few weeks, and have put on height and a grand floral display that will continue until the frosts - and beyond - the blackening seedheads will be a structural element to the cutting garden as well as a wildlife food resource as the seeds ripen. Bright…
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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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High Summer Gallery – Jewel & Cool colours at Petersham Nurseries and The Cutting Garden
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The Evolution of a Cutting Garden, late February to June….
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The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries – from Zero to Hero in four months
↑ 20th February.. ↓ 27th June.... and there is still a way to go... the Babylon dahlias have yet to come fully into their stride, and I will continue to watch with wonder as new plants rise up, planting combinations surprise and delight; this long border will continue to be a productive cutting garden until…
Continue reading ➞ The Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries – from Zero to Hero in four months
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