A. Alcea rosea ‘Halo Cream’ with foxglovesB. Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’ with Scabiosa ‘Barocca’, Agapanthus ‘Navy Blue’ and Achillea ‘Terracotta’C. Alcea rosea ‘Apple Blossom’ with foxglovesD. White agapanthus with ornamental grass, achillea, scabiosa, daucus corata and heleniumE. Digitalis ‘Dalmation Peach’ with hollyhocks in the background
F. Agastache ‘Summer Glow’ with Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’, achillea, scabious, digitalis parviflora and grassesH. Rosa ‘Gentle Hermione’ with Rosa ‘Young Lycidas’ budsI. Achillea ‘Pretty Belinda’ with Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’ and Salvia ‘Blue Note’J. Digitalis parviflora with Achillea ‘Terracotta’, Scabiosa ‘Barocca’, Agastache ‘Summer Glow’, Salvia ‘Blue Note’ and grassesK. Alcea rosea ‘Halo Blush’ with digitalis and cleomeL. Cream coloured scabiosa with ornamental grass, hyssop, scabious and achilleaM. Spotted pink digitalis with verbena bonariensis
It’s hard to beat the RHS Flower Shows when it comes to finding combinations of flowers that make your heart soar. At an event like this, everyone will see many of their personal favourites on display, together with a plentiful supply of new plant varieties and planting ideas.
Here’s my floral lookbook of images of cottage garden style plants, gleaned from the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show 2018. I hope I’ve included some of your favourites and that you’ll enjoy the soft, warm and heady colour combinations.
If you’re planning to visit the show, most of these were taken in the Floral Marquee: on the Botanic Nursery display (A,C,E,G,K); on Todd’s Botanics’ display (B,D,F,I,J,L) and on Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants (M). To see David Austin Roses (H) call in at the Festival of Roses Marquee.
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Beautifully, sensitively, photographed
Thanks Derrick. I’m always attracted by colours but I wanted to capture the movement in some of these plant combinations too.
I’m hyperventilating here. For one thing, hollyhocks are among my very, very favorites, and that one full-faced “Halo Cream” is absolutely what hollyhocks are about, though I can’t help noting the rudeness of the bloom on the right, trying to shove in. And let’s not forget hollyhock buds — so handsome! Speaking of which, there’s “Young Lycidas” peeking around “Gentle Hermoine” — elegant and sneaky all at once! I’m a sucker for anything white in a garden, so the white agapanthus did me in — and what a gorgeous photo! But all of these lifted me up. Thank you!
I’m not convinced that morning coffee and hyperventilation is the perfect combination, though I’m sure you’ll assure me it is! I was fairly breathless when I saw all the hollyhocks too – and the agastaches. I liked the contrast of the white agapanthus with the rich, dusky, sunset colours in the background. I took another shot that was more evenly exposed, but preferred the contrast in the one I chose.
Be still my trembling heart! The garden of my dreams, with a riot of colors. However, because I live in the woods, I must settle for texture and quiet beauty, which I do love. But…
Of mine, too, though you know I love woodland flowers just as much.
I am getting there with shade-loving plants. 😉
Such lovely collecttion. Each flower is special.
Individually they are interesting, but they also seem to go together so well, almost as if they’d been on the same stand. I took quite a few pictures but am left wishing I’d taken even more!
Such wishes are quite natural.
Stunning. I have been lucky too see some of the coverage on tv, having just returned from a few days in Wales
The BBC coverage is like having a private view of the show, although they do a great job of conveying the bustle and fun too. You had beautiful weather for your trip to Wales.
We certainly did:)
A plethora of beautiful flowers and colours. Your beautiful photos warm me up, and I definitely need that here on a cold damp winter’s day in Sydney.
The flowers do have undiluted summer in them.
PS Now I’m the one doing the whinging. 🙂
A little whinging can be good for the soul. This would hardly qualify for the 30 second grumbling game, unless you spoke v-e-r-y slowly.
Stunning photos!! You’ve got a brilliant eye! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. I love everything floral.
Delicious as usual!
Thanks Lisa. I’m glad you liked them.
Oh my .. such sheer beauty! Combinations to make the heart soar 🙂
They made mine soar when I saw them so I wanted to pass it along! I’m glad you liked them too.
Beautifully, sensitively, photographed
Thanks Derrick. I’m always attracted by colours but I wanted to capture the movement in some of these plant combinations too.
I’m hyperventilating here. For one thing, hollyhocks are among my very, very favorites, and that one full-faced “Halo Cream” is absolutely what hollyhocks are about, though I can’t help noting the rudeness of the bloom on the right, trying to shove in. And let’s not forget hollyhock buds — so handsome! Speaking of which, there’s “Young Lycidas” peeking around “Gentle Hermoine” — elegant and sneaky all at once! I’m a sucker for anything white in a garden, so the white agapanthus did me in — and what a gorgeous photo! But all of these lifted me up. Thank you!
I’m not convinced that morning coffee and hyperventilation is the perfect combination, though I’m sure you’ll assure me it is! I was fairly breathless when I saw all the hollyhocks too – and the agastaches. I liked the contrast of the white agapanthus with the rich, dusky, sunset colours in the background. I took another shot that was more evenly exposed, but preferred the contrast in the one I chose.
Be still my trembling heart! The garden of my dreams, with a riot of colors. However, because I live in the woods, I must settle for texture and quiet beauty, which I do love. But…
Of mine, too, though you know I love woodland flowers just as much.
I am getting there with shade-loving plants. 😉
Such lovely collecttion. Each flower is special.
Individually they are interesting, but they also seem to go together so well, almost as if they’d been on the same stand. I took quite a few pictures but am left wishing I’d taken even more!
Such wishes are quite natural.
Stunning. I have been lucky too see some of the coverage on tv, having just returned from a few days in Wales
The BBC coverage is like having a private view of the show, although they do a great job of conveying the bustle and fun too. You had beautiful weather for your trip to Wales.
We certainly did:)
A plethora of beautiful flowers and colours. Your beautiful photos warm me up, and I definitely need that here on a cold damp winter’s day in Sydney.
The flowers do have undiluted summer in them.
PS Now I’m the one doing the whinging. 🙂
A little whinging can be good for the soul. This would hardly qualify for the 30 second grumbling game, unless you spoke v-e-r-y slowly.
Stunning photos!! You’ve got a brilliant eye! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure. I love everything floral.
Delicious as usual!
Thanks Lisa. I’m glad you liked them.
Oh my .. such sheer beauty! Combinations to make the heart soar 🙂
They made mine soar when I saw them so I wanted to pass it along! I’m glad you liked them too.