Gaura lindheimeri or Lindheimer’s bee blossom as described by Caroline Garland
Monday, 05 August 2013
by caroline
Gaura lindheimeri or White gaura or Lindheimer’s bee blossom Family: Onagraceae This is such a pretty plant. Graceful tallish fronds of soft white/pink four-petalled flowers which look lovely for a good length of time in any garden border. The name Gaura is from the Greek Gauros meaning ‘superb’, and relates to the striking flowers. G.
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Hydrangea aspera subsp. ‘Sargentiana’ or Sargent hydrangea as described by Caroline Garland
Thursday, 01 August 2013
by caroline
Hydrangea aspera subsp. ‘Sargentiana’ or Sargent hydrangea Family:Hydrangeaceae H. aspera subsp. sargentiana is an upright medium-sized deciduous shrub of open habit, with peeling bark and large, velvety ovate leaves. Flowers in large flat heads, purple or blue, surrounded by white ray florets. This a really beautiful, graceful shrub, often overlooked, but don’t because it is
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Macleaya or plume poppy as described by Caroline Garland, garden designer
Thursday, 01 August 2013
by caroline
Macleaya x kewensis ‘Kelway’s Coral Plume’ or plume poppy ‘Kelway’s Coral Plume’ Family:Papaveraceae Macleaya are large herbaceous rhizomatous perennials with handsome palmately lobed leaves and large airy panicles of tiny flowers. They tend to be rather underestimated but their leaves are so soft and sagey green that they fill the back of a border splendidly
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Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ as described by Caroline Garland
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
by caroline
Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ or Wallflower ‘Bowles Mauve’ Family: Brassicaceae Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ is a plant that every garden should have. It manages to flower almost all year long apart from in the depths of winter. It is every gardener’s dream as it fills and flowers and looks happy and grows and does everything you want
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Hydrangea quercifolia as described by Caroline Garland
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
by caroline
Hydrangea quercifolia or oak-leaved hydrangea Family name: Hydrangeaceae When this shrub works well it is glorious because of the generous, heavy cream flowers, in conical panicles with numerous large sterile florets. It likes the full sun or part shade, and will grow well in almost all aspects, sheltered or exposed. Therefore it is versatile and
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Allium giganteum as described by Caroline Garland, garden designer
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
by caroline
Allium giganteum or the giant onion It’s family name: Alliaceae This is one of my absolute favourites. In fact my gardeners call it my signature plant.. but then I seem to have lots of those! It likes full sun so a south-facing border suits it best, but it will survive perfectly well in north,
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Spot the busy bees at Chelsea Physic Garden
Thursday, 06 June 2013
by caroline
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Look what you can do with Hawthorn!
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
by caroline
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Is it Winter or is it Spring? A good try…
Monday, 01 April 2013
by caroline
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Bury Court Gardens, Bentley – Marina Christopher Plantsman’s Day
Thursday, 27 September 2012
by caroline
Marina Christopher holds a ‘Plantsman’s Day’ on the last Wednesday of every month from April through to September and I went along yesterday with my garden designer friend, Rhianon McGeoch in the pouring rain!! Marina gives a lecture on arrival (after coffee etc) on a given subject – yesterday it was ‘Blazing Glory – perennials
Looking good in June
Monday, 25 June 2012
by caroline
These flowers spoke for themselves last week when I was at the Chelsea Physic Garden.
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Bluebells once again – I’m hooked!
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
by caroline
Who needs to travel when they have this at the bottom of their garden? These beautiful bluebells belong to a girlfriend of mine who has a bluebell wood in her garden in West Sussex! These really do remind you how beautiful this country can be and this time of year is particularly spectacular with all
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