Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Claudio Bincoletto hosted another Wild Food Forage today at Petersham Nurseries and I peeped at the preparations in the glasshouse before the group returned from their walk this morning. Mushrooms galore - and I'm glad that Claudio knows his stuff as there were some curious looking fungi on display - plus fruits and berries of…
Continue reading ➞ Magical Mushrooms and other Autumn delights with Claudio Bincoletto
La Belle Sultane Rosa Mundi Kazanlik Honorine de Brabant Madame Isaac Pereire Souvenir de la Malmaison Variegata di Bologna Blanc double de Coubert Hansa Peach Grootendorst Rosa rugosa Alba Schneezwerg Emporeur du Maroc Ferdinand Pichard Hugh Dickson Reine des Violettes Nur Mahal Bengal Beauty Cramoisi Superieur Louis XIV Perle D'Or Gruss an Aachen…
Continue reading ➞ Rose Heaven – The New Season at Petersham Nurseries
The Gardening Team were cataloging the dahlias in the Cutting Garden at Petersham Nurseries this afternoon, checking the names and labels, reviewing their present partnerships and considering combinations for next year. Of course I happened along with my camera. Thank you Rosanna Bines and the Gardening Team at Petersham for a superb - and ongoing…
Continue reading ➞ Dahlias for a Petersham Nurseries Cutting Garden
Thug, the Petersham Nurseries cat, noticing his day-long cat-nap in the Propagation Unit might have been interrupted. Luckily, no casualties this time... (big old softie!)
That's the way to do it....
If you're given a Murano glass vase worth close to a 'grand' it helps to have a whole cutting garden if you are to fill it well - here we have Dahlias and Hydrangeas (Phantom and at least one un-named mophead with an antique feel), Verbena bonariensis, rich red Leucothoe and fresh green ferns for…
Continue reading ➞ Dahlias & Hydrangea – Autumn bouquets
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…
Continue reading ➞ Marmite, Poodles and Sunflowers
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…
Continue reading ➞ A flower or two, a little rain and some verse by Longfellow
A few photos captured as I swept through The Garden Shop on my way out this evening. Feeling rather tropical...
The Teddington Gardener 