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A view from Petersham Nurseries – hot sun, blue skies and a wander through perennials, roses and the Cutting Garden

Categories Architectural Plants, Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, herbaceous, Petersham Nurseries, plants for roses, Roses, Seasonal colour, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Wisteria2 Comments on A view from Petersham Nurseries – hot sun, blue skies and a wander through perennials, roses and the Cutting Garden

And a look at a few of the Aquilegias we have... Hot, hot, hot, today, sun and blue skies over this part of Arcadia, and here - a glimpse of some of the plants and floral displays that caught my eye today. The Cutting Garden seems to be quadrupling in flower-power every week and this…

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I think an Ark is needed….

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Campsis radicans, a vigorous tropical-looking climber with orange trumpet flowers. Requires a sunny, sheltered site - and room to grow. A mature specimen is a glorious thing. Penstemon Riding Hood Purple (below), intense colour on a shorter plant, happy in the front of a sunny, well-drained border, even an alpine bed. Crocosmia Emily McKenzie (below)…

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