Celebrating gardens, photography and a creative life
Begonia sizemoreae (syn. longiciliata) on the Dibleys Nurseries’ display was charming all the passers by at the latest incarnation (should that be invegation?) of the RHS’s northern flower show. Continue reading “Hairy-leaved Begonia sizemoreae (syn. longiciliata) at a Show”
Whenever we’re on our way to see Becky and Don Potts, I tell myself firmly, ‘No more pictures!’
It never works.
Their garden is such a fun place to visit. Fewer minutes later than is really courteous after arriving, I’ll find myself drifting off to twist my iPhone over an unusual plant, trying to get a decent angle. A miniature will have cried out for attention, something with variegations, or a new coleus as Becky is fascinated by all of these.
My eye for an interesting plant lures me along paths, under trees, over mossy ground, round corners and beyond fences, through areas of full sun and almost as full shade, one plant leading to the next.
Then I’m tugged back round to see what I’ve missed.
Continue reading “Becky and Don Potts’ Garden, Fondren, Mississippi”
We were lucky to visit Ham House and Gardens in Richmond when the lavender in The Cherry Garden was in bloom. Continue reading “Bacchus with Lavender and Clipped Box in Ham House’s Parterre Garden”
We were at Winterbourne House and Garden long after the wisteria had finished dripping flowers over and along the walkway, but a long row of towering foxgloves made sure we had no grounds for regret. It is a wonderful garden to visit in Birmingham, close to Edgbaston Cricket Club’s stadium. Continue reading “Foxgloves Add Their Magic to a Colonnade at Winterbourne Garden”
I’m indulging myself today by sharing seven pictures of very favourite subject for photography, which is a tangle of different flowers in full bloom. The more, the merrier! I hope you’ll like them too.
Becky has invited us to have fun with sevens during the month of September. Having spent some time counting petals (flowers tend not to have seven petals) and counting flowers (not recommended as a pastime), I’m going with seven yard art ideas with varying degrees of difficulty, should you want to try them. Continue reading “Seven for September: Yard Art”
Great Dixter’s spirit is as multifaceted as any fine garden. You’d need to visit, often – or better still, live or work there to understand the effects of sunrise stealing over the garden, those late summer sunsets, and all weathers and seasons playing out.
Continue reading “Great Dixter: An Arts and Crafts Garden with Holistic Planting”
Susan Rushton 