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Sunday, Monday – Happy Days…. sweet peas, dahlias, the Petersham Cat and more….
A few pictures from yesterday and today, two gloriously sunny days at Petersham Nurseries. Just lovely.
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Roses all the way at Hampton Court Flower Show
Rather a cheat, this, a gallery of the Rose Marquee exhibits, but time is short and I will lay claim to the 'if a picture paints a thousand words' argument and leave you with twenty four thousand of them... I would make a mention of the Historic Roses Group, who were once again exhibiting (and…
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Souvenir du Docteur Jamain – a rose with perfect form, a rich deep colour and superb, intense fragrance… #roseheaven @PetershamN
There are Old Roses and there are Classic Old Roses and this beauty has to be in the top echelons of rose society. Rich deep colour, velvety blooms and a complex Old Rose fragrance combine to make this absolutely one of my favourites. Treated as a tall, rather lanky shrub, or a short climber, Souvenir…
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Before we get to Hampton Court, a gallop through Luton Hoo, Wrest Park and more from Petersham Nurseries – hurrying to keep up with the virtual mountain of photography…
Taxi?! Luton Hoo, in Bedfordshire, has a fascinating history, the family seat of an über-weathly family who lost almost all their fortunes in the credit-crunch of the 1980's. Fabergé eggs once sat casually on side tables! It is now an Elite Hotel, and lovely too, with formal gardens and parkland and nearby, a Land Rover…
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Keep on deadheading repeat-flowering roses for a show that will go on and on…
I really enjoy deadheading roses - or rather as the outgoing Head Gardener at Mottisfont Abbey Rose Gardens prefers, removing the spent blooms. It is a very satisfying job in the garden, and has an immediate effect on the look of a rose bush. It is a quiet job, allowing you time to take a…
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Lady Emma Hamilton Jam…
Now I have to say first that Lady Emma Hamilton is my favourite rose, certainly my favourite from the David Austin stable and probably my favourite, full stop. Regular readers of these pages will know that Orange is a favourite colour, and Lady Emma has this in spades - a glorious bright orange richly…
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Summer Song to Tess of the D’Urbervilles via A Shropshire Lad and James Galway – Roses for Sunday
The burnt orange of Summer Song against the warm golds of Crown Princess Margareta. 'Tis June and the roses are heading towards their absolute Peak. Of course, the English Roses from David Austin will flower again, several times indeed and very welcome they will be too. But just now, with the summer-flowering roses -…
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