Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
I'm afraid I don't know which cultivar of Hamamelis this is (a sale item, healthy enough but long since separated from any identifying label) but what gorgeous autumn colouring.... I'll have to wait a few months to see the distinctive thread-like and hopefully fragrant flowers, on bare winter branches, to determine who this is. In…
Continue reading ➞ Intimations of Autumn – Witch Hazel and Virginia Creeper
Fatsia Japonica - big, glossy leaves and an altogether tropical feel - yet happy in cool shade - dry shade even - and a striking plant of great architectural merit. Since I have Graham Stuart Thomas' book on Ornamental Shrubs still to hand, I'll leave it to the great man to cover this one for…
Continue reading ➞ Fatsia japonica – one of the most striking and ornamental of all hardy evergreens
Fatsia japonica, in flower - big, bold shiny leaves and sputnik satellites of green flower. A very useful plant for a shady spot in the garden, providing a luxuriousness that is rare in these difficult conditions. Helen Yemm, writing in the Telegraph - is a fan - How to grow: Fatsia japonica Helen Yemm loves…
Continue reading ➞ Fatsia japonica – bold leaves (and flowers) for a shady corner
The deeply luminous Hellebore Anna's Red - big plants with big flowers and all in a rich ruby red. The cultivar is only a few years old but specimens bulk up nicely, with outward facing and nodding flowers held on tall stems. A real star and a favourite of mine, ever since I saw it…
Continue reading ➞ Anna’s Red, Candy Love & Angel Glow…. more Hellebores!
Tricyrtis macropoda (of the lily family) The Toad Lilies, so-called because of their spotted flowers, are sound perennials, preferring a soil that does not dry out, and containing a good stint of humus. They do well in the north, but the cooler the district the more sun should be available to them, to hasten their…
The Teddington Gardener 