Above - Helenium, Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm and Crocosmia George Davison. A busy day at Petersham Nurseries, after a 5am start to get to New Covent Garden Flower Market.... before closing the gates behind me this evening....
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Sky News – a stunning Hibiscus
Hibiscus (detail) - these are in fact blooms at least 5" across (in old money), serene satellite discs with frosted icing, blushed pink and with beaujolais wine centres and a scaffolding of creamy white stigma and stamens. I don't know the cultivar but am told it is hardy (root hardy maybe?). I might have the…
Continue reading ➞ Sky News – a stunning Hibiscus
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A whole lot of floristry going on (reprise)
If in doubt, make it a Big Arrangement!
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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…
Continue reading ➞ Bring me Sunshine (reprise) with Sunflowers from the Cutting Garden
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Thug, the Petersham Cat – a feline with Very Good Taste
Thug, the Petersham Nurseries Cat, enjoying the shade amongst some choice terracotta today.
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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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Is it deadheading – or wabi-sabi in action at Petersham Nurseries?
Deadheading the roses this afternoon - a necessary but enjoyable part of rose care and maintenance - and once again, a box of delights remains. Yesterday, three boxes of petals were given out for jam-making adventures. Today, slimmer pickings, one young girl took the whole tray with the expectation to taking them home to Edinburgh.…
Continue reading ➞ Is it deadheading – or wabi-sabi in action at Petersham Nurseries?
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High Summer Gallery – Jewel & Cool colours at Petersham Nurseries and The Cutting Garden
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Any colour so long as it zings! A Friday Gallery from Petersham Nurseries (reprise, By the rivers of Babylon…)
Dahlias of course, including the Statement Babylon beauties, adding considerable zing to the Cutting Garden
The Teddington Gardener 