Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Fields of Blue - Camassia leitchlini at RHS Wisley - with Rhododendrons in the woods there too (below) Primula auricula Blue Velvet - in the Alpine House at RHS Wisley yesterday Wisteria floribunda Yae kokuryu (above) at RHS Wisley - below, Clematis alpina Pamela Jackman (in my garden) If you are planning a blue-themed garden…
Continue reading ➞ Springtime Blues at Wisley… and the rather excellent online RHS Plant Selector
Lewisia cotyledon Regenbogen The Alpine House at RHS Wisley never fails to delight me - there is always something bright and interesting to look at and the display changes with the seasons so each plant is always looking its best. There are two Glasshouses and it is the traditional display that I prefer - raised…
Continue reading ➞ A kaleidoscope of treasures in the Alpine House at RHS Wisley
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…
Continue reading ➞ Garden Centre Geek – RHS Wisley Plant Centre
If you go down to the woods today... specifically the woods beneath Battleston Hill at RHS Wisley, there are gems to be found - double, double double hellebores, spots and speckles, rainbow colours - big bold clumps too. Very happy plants. The season continues for hellebores - I think I'll sign off now and see…
Continue reading ➞ Fantastical hellebores at RHS Wisley
Spring is arriving at the Plant Centre at RHS Wisley - always packed full of irresistible plants , I regularly spend half as much time wandering from bench to bench as I do in the Gardens themselves. The range of trees, herbaceous plants, grasses, shrubs, climbers, roses, conifers, specimen plants, fruit trees, bulbs (but not…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Wisley – Tales from the Plant Centre
The woods of the Wild Garden, betwixt the Rock Garden, Alpine Meadow and Seven Acres (at RHS Wisley) were bright and fragrant with witch hazels, with names I had read about but not seen either on Battleston Hill nor at Kew. These delicate thread-like flowers are completely hardy and will thrive, unharmed by snow and…
Continue reading ➞ Still bewitched by Witch Hazels…
Flower and fragrance - there is no lack of interest in the woodland at Wisley These images from the Wild Wood, an area bounded by the Alpine Meadow, Rock Garden and Seven Acres, with forays up the hill for the Iris (and into the Alpine House). You can almost hear the fresh growth popping on…
Continue reading ➞ Flowers and fragrance at RHS Wisley
Edgworthia chrysantha The tightly-closed, felt-grey buds of this gorgeous shrub have opened to reveal their sunny side and clove-scented pompoms smother the bare stems. No need to add more as I have talked about this beauty many times before - just look it up in the search box in the side bar. If you do…
Continue reading ➞ Edgworthia chrysantha – my favourite
The Teddington Gardener 