Tag: Lady Emma Hamilton
Almost, nearly there: David Austin’s finest – the promise of a good year for the roses?
This time last year, nothing. Barely a bud, nothing even closely resembling a flower. The month-long Sub-Zero ºC that was March 2013 put back the roses until July. This year, after a mild winter and some early sunshine (and the possibility of a long warm summer), I think it will be a good year for…
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A bolt of voltage orange – Get thee behind me, pale pastels!
Anyone who has seen my Facebook or Twitter account (@Martin_Ogden), will already have seen pictures of these intense-shock-therapy-orange tulips, a furnace-like pot of them on my front doorstep - but I am in a proselytizing mood and Orange domination is the theme... If you are uncertain as to my commitment to this bravest of colour…
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Garden Centre Geek – RHS Wisley Plant Centre
Lewisia cotyledon (above) Clematis alpina Frankie (above) Leucadendron Jack Harre Abutilon x suntense Flowering Maple Epimedium Orange Queen I wanted to see see what was looking good at the plant centre at Wisley - I hadn't been there for several weeks and expected it to be filling up with new stock. I was not…
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No, it’s not snowing….
Good Night from Lady Emma Hamilton (above) and Darcey Bussell (below) - and from me.... I hope you've left out a mince-pie and a glass of sherry for Santa. Big Day tomorrow!
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A fragrance by any other name
Jude the Obscure - with a strong citrus scent, fruity, with guavas and white wine This article is by Robert Calkin, originally published in The Royal National Rose Society Historic Rose Journal Autumn 2013. If you are not a member of the Historic Rose Group, articles such as these are just one reason to join!…
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An English Rose… and another…
A whole lot of David Austin - not much writing, but plenty of pictures for this Friday night. Grace David Austin rose, Grace, with distinctive quilled petals. One of the shorter bush roses and also excellent in a container. Princess Anne A rose of exceptional health, immune to powdery mildew and blackspot and flowering in…
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Hamilton Jam
Lady Emma Hamilton Jam The finished product and I'm a hopeful cook, in that this will set into some jam-like, spreadable, stays on toast consistency. (If it refuses to set, then iced rose petal granita it will be!) Four pints of water, or a little over, a kilo of jam sugar (with pectin), the juice…
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Boiling Lady Emma…
I'm making a start on my first ever batch of Rose Petal Jam and have beheaded Lady Emma Hamilton - many of her in fact - for the purpose.... The petals have been carefully picked over to remove any unwanted joyriders but no more. They had not been sprayed with chemicals, obviously this is important…
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