Tag: Teasing Georgia

Follow me as I tour the gardens at RHS Wisley – grasses and bananas, the Glasshouse (tropics and desert) and dry borders, fruit fields and a fragrant rose garden …

Categories Architectural Plants, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Dry Garden, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, General comment, Grasses, herbaceous, Hydrangea, Kitchen Garden, late summer border, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Ornamental trees, plants for roses, RHS WIsley, Roses, Seasonal colour, Shrubs, soft fruit, Trees for smaller gardens, Tropical, Wild Food/Foraging, Woodland Garden2 Comments on Follow me as I tour the gardens at RHS Wisley – grasses and bananas, the Glasshouse (tropics and desert) and dry borders, fruit fields and a fragrant rose garden …

You've walked with me from the entrance at RHS Wisley through to the grass borders, across to the tropical border with towering bananas and cannas and past the dogwood collection (with willows and rubus) which are green green green at the moment but in winter are a forest of ruby, gold, scarlet, black and bone…

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Dodging the showers for a kaleidoscope of flower and fruit – roses, camellias, hellebores, hollies, decorative leaf, bark and seedheads

Categories Acid-loving plants, Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Camellias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Dry Garden, Fragrant plants, Grasses, Hellebore, herbaceous, jobs to do in ..., Open to the public, Ornamental trees, RHS WIsley, Roses, Seasonal colour, Seeds, Shrubs, Tropical, Winter Garden1 Comment on Dodging the showers for a kaleidoscope of flower and fruit – roses, camellias, hellebores, hollies, decorative leaf, bark and seedheads

The roses too continue to put on a good show, with some near perfect blooms - and other joys - I'm hoping the rain will stop so I can get in an afew hours in my  own garden this afternoon - there are dahlias to lift and a venerable banana to wrap up before the…

Continue reading ➞ Dodging the showers for a kaleidoscope of flower and fruit – roses, camellias, hellebores, hollies, decorative leaf, bark and seedheads

David Austin Roses – the who, what, why and when…

Categories David Austin roses, Garden Design, General comment, late summer border, Pest control, Roses, Summer garden6 Comments on David Austin Roses – the who, what, why and when…

Now that the rose season is almost upon us, I'm refreshing my memory after long rose-less months, of what is to come! These notes are culled from a series of presentations the year before last, covering all things 'David Austin Roses'. If I find the pictures which accompanied the talks, I'll attempt to add them…

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Introducing the circle…

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More David Austin roses, this time in a novelty circular themed gallery. Not entirely sure about the presentation - hardly Fornasetti - then again it could be developed into a range of tableware? Get me David Austin HQ! Wollerton Old Hall, Morning Mist, Teasing Georgia (l-r, top) Teasing Georgia, Crown Princess Margareta, A Shropshire Lad…

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