Gardener and Photographer with a love of Roses and a magpie-eye for all things Horticultural
Daphne bholua 'Alba', the white flowered form of this intoxicatingly sweet scented shrub. Typically evergreen and growing 6' to 10' high, less in spread. Reading from Michael Dirr's Encyclopedia 'The Daphnes are great garden plants and several species offer the sweetest fragrance... Daphne culture is akin to voodoo medicine, and many different recommendations are given.…
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Daphne bholua 'Limpsfield', overlooking the glasshouse at RHS Wisley. Scent is so important to the winter garden. Many flowers are almost insignificant (Sarcoccoca for example) but pack a real olfactory punch. Daphne bholua, flowering now, have richly fragrant blossom and as you can see, are quite showy too. This is Daphne bholua 'Limpsfield' - photographed…
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Hamamelis (Witch hazel) - probably 'Jelena' - a real garden treat with coppery orange flowers in early to mid-winter and orange to yellow and red autumn foliage. A plant grown as much for autumn colour as these frost-resistant, fragrant spider-shaped flowers. They are good specimen plants and are also effective when grown in groups in…
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Hillier Winter Gardens "The Winter Garden, which is situated close to the Visitor Pavilion, occupies three acres and containing more than 650 different plants grown for their winter effect. We believe this to be the largest Winter Garden in Europe. It has been planted to show a wide range of plants that are at their…
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Dogwoods, willow and ornamental blackcurrant come into their own in the winter. Place them somewhere low sunshine can catch them and the colours sing. Moist soil preferable though the red dogwood, Cornus alba Sibirica can be more forgiving. Many gardens showcase the jewels of winter gardening. Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire has just opened their new…
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