Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Remember Remember the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and.... Roses? This floriferous rose garden certainly has other ideas about a quiet slide into senescence, leaf-drop and rose-hips - these are flower-packed shrubs with more to come. Colour, fragrance aplenty and fresh, clean leaves in abundance. A remarkable display given it really is November and hardly…
Continue reading ➞ The Rose Garden at Kew. Vital still in November ….
A late start followed by a long, warm summer and a mild autumn, and the roses are having a ball! So much flower and so many buds promising yet more. What a good year for the roses....
The Lady Gardener - introduced by David Austin this year - one of just four new roses to add to their collection I'm wondering still about this rose, the name and the rose itself. I haven't seen a mature plant out in a garden situation yet, so my observations are quite limited. Certainly it is…
Continue reading ➞ The Shady Lady Gardener
Friday Gallery - Roses from David Austin If there have ever been any complaints that there is no variety in English Roses, look again! My Friday Album is all about David Austin Roses, showcasing just a little of the wide spectrum of colour, form (and not forgetting fragrance) within their catalogue - and these are just…
Continue reading ➞ Thank you, Mr Austin
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
David Austin have launched just four new roses this year at RHS Chelsea, including a repeat flowering rambler, The Albrighton Rambler that, to my mind, will be a best seller for the Shropshire firm. So pretty! So useful...Carolyn Knight is a sport of Summer Song, a rich gold to the parental burnt orange. Thomas a…
Continue reading ➞ Chelsea Quartet
No photographs yet, but I am reliably informed that my order has been placed for the four new varieties being launched at RHS Chelsea Flower Show next week. What timing! Sadly, no Cheslea ticket for me, though I have set the video to record each hour-long daily BBC show, Monday through Saturday next week. Just…
Continue reading ➞ David Austin’s 2013/14 introductions
The Teddington Gardener 