Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
A rose introduced by David Austin in 1996, with sprays of cupped flowers showing off the stamens within. The strong fragrance is sweet and pervasive, a good example of the English myrrh note, first introduced with Constance Spry - referring to Myrrhis odorata and therefore an aniseed complex, a hint of Pernod perhaps? "A neat…
Continue reading ➞ Scepter’d Isle
A look at the other rose nurseries exhibiting at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, which finished on Sunday. Mattocks, Fryers, Bill le Grice, Style Roses, Harkness, Peter Beales, Eastcroft Roses, Pococks.... The Historic Roses Group too, a member of which I now am. Hybrid Teas and Floribundas, in the main, with modern shrubs, some climbers…
Continue reading ➞ The Rose Marquee at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
Lavender angustifolia Hidcote. A strong blue-purple to this compact lavender, one of the brightest saturated colours in the lavender range - especially when multiplied through lines and drifts - and a beautiful companion to roses (despite their differing cultural needs). A little benign neglect, nothing too rich in the compost or feeding regime, excellent drainage…
Continue reading ➞ Quintessentially English
A David Austin rose of great beauty and exceptional fragrance. Enough to be getting on with here I think... (don't mention orange!)
Carolyn Knight, David Austin 2013 After a week away exploring Yorkshire, I'm back at Syon today and checking on the progress of the new 2013 introductions from David Austin - Thomas à Becket, The Lady Gardener, The Albrighton Rambler and Carolyn Knight. Thomas is flowering prolifically, even in this heat, and is a joy. I'll attempt…
Continue reading ➞ Carolyn Knight, 2013 Introduction from David Austin
RHS Hampton Court Flower Show A photo-montage for the few hours that I spent strolling through Show earlier today. So many more photographs have been posted onto my Facebook page - and they are publicly available images - http://www.facebook.com/theteddingtongardener - that it is worth a look for the Enthusiast. And I joined the Historic Roses…
Continue reading ➞ RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2013
Rosa sericea pteracantha/Rosa omeiensis pteracantha Rather an odd heading but then the thorns of this rose are spectacular, glowing like rubies against morning and evening sun - and the clattering - if you are near one of these bushes on a windy winter day, it makes quite a din. Big percussion thorns these. Of the…
Continue reading ➞ The clattering of rubies…
Summer Song, a rose with a quite unique colour, a rich burnt orange, is part of the David Austin stable. Fragrant, with glossy leaves and a lax, arching habit. A new introduction, Carolyn Knight, is a sport of Summer Song, with a chamois-gold colouring that will be a very appealing partner I'm sure.
A bouquet of roses, ancient and modern, to feed the soul and the senses.
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