Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Flowers inside and out, flowers everywhere - and a few grateful bees to feast on the early Spring bounty. A kaleidoscope of colour, bright, bold, brash and beautiful but we forgive this extravagant generosity - nothing clashes in the garden at this time of year, as the new season unfolds in our gardens. It's welcome antidote…
Continue reading ➞ Spring colour-bombs a riverside Nursery (can you guess which one?)
Tropical and desert plants from foreign parts, lush temperate foliage and home grown beauties - you might head to Kew and the Princess of Wales Conservatory for their Orchid Festival, which opens today and runs for a glorious steamy month at Kew Gardens - but you might get a taste for all that and…
Continue reading ➞ Club Tropicana …
Another reprise, this time the delightful succulents, Echevierias, but such subtle colours, clear charm and beauty, sharp geometry and precision, makes them so worth another look....
Echeverias Tough perfect rosettes for the summer garden and a holiday indoors for the autumn and winter.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/5621823/How-to-grow-succulents.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningpicturegalleries/8899769/Sarah-Ravens-favourite-indoor-plants.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/8899770/Houseplants-Enjoy-the-garden-indoors.html Houseplants: Enjoy the garden indoors Keep your green fingers busy with stylish, no-fuss houseplants that make indoors a horticultural retreat. By Sarah Raven 7:00AM GMT 24 Nov 2011 Recent rain and gales have left…
Continue reading ➞ Echeverias – perfect little rosettes for the winter house and summer garden
The Teddington Gardener 