Friday, July 31, 2009

Rambling Rector rose


St Swithun rose


Gertrude Jekyll rose


My favourite rose.

Walled Rose Garden


Poulett Lodge, Twickenham - by F. Vingoe, c. 1905


[Conservatory and south front]
Poulett Lodge was a waterfront villa, first built in the 18th century along the Thames. It was extensively changed in the late 19th century and little remains today.
oil on canvas

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Wedgwood Rose


Golden Celebrations rose as a Standard


David Austin rose garden


David Austin catalogue 2010


One of the highlights of my year - the new catalogue from David Austin.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Rosa Nevada


Roses and Campanula


Iford Manor


Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Old Fashioned Sweet Peas


[Lord Nelson]
Roger Parson Sweet Peas

Hestercombe Gardens


Ammerdown Centre


Newby Hall


Monday, July 27, 2009

Vine Walk - Powis Castle


Cottage - Bressingham, Norfolk


Lilian Stannard - Summer Border


Sunday, July 26, 2009

Glendurgan House


Arley Hall Gardens


Cottage in East Anglia


Heale Gardens - Gunnera


Saturday, July 25, 2009

Glendurgan Garden


Trengwainton Garden


Fernery


Friday, July 24, 2009

Lyme Park Gardens,


AltonTowers - E. Adveno Brodie


Redness in a wood


Thursday, July 23, 2009

Cerise Bouquet


Rose Garden - Newby Hall


Powis Castle view


Wisteria


Wisteria (a blue form) first flowered in England as recently as 1819 and cost 6 gns a stem. It came from China. This is growing over an arch at Shute House in Dorset.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Walled Garden - Castle Howard: North Yorkshire


Cascade - Bowood House


Cascade - West Wycombe


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Painshill Park


Amphitheatre, Claremont, Esher, Surrey


Cascade - Chatsworth


Monday, July 20, 2009

Rousham - Oxfordshire


Plane Tree


Plane tree at Christ Church in Oxford planted by Edward Pococke in 1636 who brought it back from the East

Beech Hedge


Sunday, July 19, 2009

Eremurus robustus - Foxtail Lily


Levens Hall


Chatsworth

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Melbourne Hall


Lime Avenue


Beech Avenue


Friday, July 17, 2009

Westbury Court Garden


Little Moreton Hall


Haseley Court


Thursday, July 16, 2009

Meadow - Faringdon House


Chiswick House - George Lambert 1742


Topiary - Cranborne Manor


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Hosta Fortunei Aureomarginata


Primulas by a Stream


Garden Waterfall


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Bishops Palace and Gardens - Wells - Swan Cam


Lantern and stream


The Grand Trianon by Jean Rigaud

Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'


Monday, July 13, 2009

Centrepiece


Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso


Rose Arch


Roses, Herbs and Salvia


Path through greens


Sunday, July 12, 2009

Ranunculus ficaria ‘Brazen Hussy’


Begonia grandis subsp evansiana

http://www.binnyplants.co.uk/galleries.php?show=2389

Anemone blanda white form close-up


Arched Doorway


Saturday, July 11, 2009

Slope - Crathes Castle


Cornus canadensis - Canadian Bunchberry


Hot border - Kemerton


Friday, July 10, 2009

Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria'

http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/lobelia-cardinalis-queen-victoria/itemno.PL00003763/

Cyperus papyrus in the borders at GtDixter


Viola odorata


[white form]
http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/prices-that-have-been-pruned/wildflowers/classid.7388/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_odorata
http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/violet.php

Hanging-Bra-skets


Thursday, July 9, 2009

Sage and Rosemary

no Thyme I'm afraid!

Sweetpea Hoops


Door of Roses


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Lupins


Allium hollandicum 'PurpleSensation'


Salvia sclarea var turkestanica



Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Garden in Kemerton, Gloucestershire


Double border


Tintinhull House Garden


Levels and Beds


Monday, July 6, 2009

Meadow at Great Dixter


Bog garden at Saling Hall


Phlox in a woodland


Slate pots

http://www.joe-smith.co.uk/

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Border at Great Dixter


Love the use of colours and the Cannas

Lenten Roses at Knightshayes


Tulips in an orchard


Suffolk Country Park


Not my picture and it doesn't identify which country park in Suffolk. I've walked quite a few of them in my time and I think this might be the one near Ipswich but can't be sure.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

au naturel


Hot Border - Tintinhull


Reds


Friday, July 3, 2009

Azara serrata


Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue'


used to be called Lithospermum

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Erythronium at Knightshayes


Kilver Court Gardens


Harlow Carr rose


Roses - Mottisfont Abbey


Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Turning his 12ft hedge into a herd of elephants


Filoli - California


One of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century.

Old Court Nurseries - Malvern


Galega orientalis at Tintinhull

http://www.robsplants.com/plants/GalegOrien.php