New Vintage in a small town plot
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
by caroline
I have chosen my friend Posy as a case study for my New Vintage garden design theme. This is because she too has a New Vintage approach to planting and garden design. This approach blends contemporary naturalistic planting with a palette of soft colour and every now and then a surprise of rich colour and
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
3 Unusual plants for New Vintage gardens
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
by caroline
Here are some unusual plants for the middle to back of a New Vintage border. Just add them for their originality and fun. They are not very common and yet they are all reasonably robust so we can use them very effectively for variety and interest. Nectaroscordum are deciduous bulbous perennials with linear, garlic-scented leaves
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
6 great reds for a New Vintage planting scheme
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
by caroline
In itself the colour RED is New Vintage. Planting has concentrated on greens and whites and sometimes soft hay colours such as you see with naturalistic planting in grasses etc. It is time to bring some colour back into our borders and this is part of my New Vintage scheme. Chose a soft palette
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
Top 10 plants that recurred at the Chelsea Flower Show. All very New Vintage
Friday, 23 May 2014
by caroline
Chelsea Flower Show 2014 – Planting Top 10 plants that recurred at the Chelsea Flower Show. All very New Vintage. These plants turned up in several gardens and are clearly very much loved at the moment. I would like to see all of these plants in any New Vintage planting scheme that I might do.
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, The New Vintage Garden
Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire
Thursday, 08 May 2014
by caroline
Simon Jenkins, author of England’s Thousand Best Houses, described Burton Agnes Hall as ‘the perfect English house’ and as one of the twenty best English houses alongside Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and Chatsworth House. http://www.burtonagnes.com/Home.html If you were ever unsure how to handle yew hedging here is your answer! The gardens are really lovely and there
- Published in Gardens Visited
Clever colour combis – spot the tulips!
Thursday, 08 May 2014
by caroline
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers
Aquilegia land
Thursday, 08 May 2014
by caroline
The aquilegia has to be one of the most delicate, pretty and breathtaking little flowers that you can find. Beautiful little wispy bells of soft colours that fit into my “vintage” palette so well. They come out at a perfect time of year… the daffs, primroses and tulips have died back, Ok the bluebells are
- Published in Caroline's favourite flowers, Gardens Visited