Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
I visited Assisi a couple of weeks ago, to see the city and to attend a rose pruning course run by Richard Stubbs from David Austin at the rose nursery owned by Paola and Fabio Bianchi - Quando fioriranno le Rose - in the valley below the Basilica you can see rising up from the…
Continue reading ➞ An Umbrian Adventure – Assisi and Roses
David Austin Roses is launching three new English roses at The Chelsea Flower Show in May... DESDEMONA (Auskindling - Musk Hybrid) produces blooms from early summer until the first frosts. Pretty peachy pink buds open to reveal beautiful, pure white blooms, with a hint of pink at the earliest stage of flowering. The blooms are…
Continue reading ➞ New from David Austin?
A tour around the show gardens at David Austin in Albrighton one bright late March day These photographs were taken in the March at a Design Course run by David Austin, following the course in October that I've just written about. The bare bones of the gardens are laid bare and the winter pruning has…
Continue reading ➞ David Austin at Albrighton – some roses I pruned earlier! (A March Showcase)
Michael Marriott at the David Austin Rose Nursery in Albrighton providing some insights into rose planting, care and pruning on a bright October day a couple of years ago. He is the Technical Director at David Austin, a Rosarian of renown, accomplished designer of rose gardens for the great, grand and good across the globe.…
Continue reading ➞ A Rose Masterclass with David Austin Nurseries (An October Showcase)
Two pieces here, very wordy (though by no means not all my words) first from the RHS Magazine, followed by a wander through their Pruning and Training Book. Quite a lot that you might need to know about pruning summer-flowering and repeat-flowering Old Roses, what I still call Hybrid Teas and Floribunda roses, Climbers and…
Continue reading ➞ Rose Pruning Masterclass – with a little help from my friends….
Parcevall Hall, a Yorkshire Gem explored in July 2013 and just passed by on our New Year's Eve walk, bringing a close to 2014... Having reviewed all of my garden visits this past year in month-by-month galleries, it is clear that I have a few miles to put in throughout 2015. It has been wonderful…
Fire and gold tints throughout this display - from an unexpected source - Spirea nipponica Snowmound is better known for its smothering of white blossom on arching stems in June and July but this vigorous shrub is putting on a spectacular finish, teamed with spires of Molinea grasses, fountains of green Liriope muscari, berries of…
The Rose Garden at Kew today - I was expecting a delicious crop of hips amongst otherwise bedraggled roses, in the garden behind the Palm House at Kew Gardens this afternoon. I called in more to capture some of the arboreal autumnal fireworks from the likes of the Sweet Gum, Liquidamber styraciflua, the gorgeous Cotinus…
The David Austin rose, Constance Spry, here, winding and spiralling around some birch posts forming a substantial wigwam/obelisk in the Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries. Looking forward to my rose-themed workshop tomorrow and hoping that the rain will have rained all it can overnight. A little sunshine would be very welcome!
The Teddington Gardener 