Some of my plant highlights of Hampton Court Flower show, some new, some old but all stunning plants in their own right
Tag: adding colour to borders
Rose of the week- Stanwells perpetual
It’s Sunday morning and my rose of the week this week is an old favourite of Gertrude Jekyll! Stanwells perpetual is a delightful rose indeed
6 on Saturday
6 of the best plants in flower in my garden on Saturday!
Hampton court flower show, a brief summary
A brief view of some of the gardens at Hampton Court Flower Show
Rose of the week – Perle d’0r
My rose of the week this week is a lovely repeat flowering rose, Perle d’Or, this beautiful little Pom Pom rose would be at home in any garden
Let’s not forget our heritage roses
With so many great modern roses around now it’s so easy to forget the old roses, heritage roses, so let’s have a look at why we should be growing them!
Rose of the week- Duchesse de Buccleugh
The rose of the week is a beautiful gallica Rose, Duchesse de Buccleugh, learning about the breeding and growing of this lovely once flowering rose
Rose of the week-Koenigin Von Danemark
My rose of the week is an alba rose and is one of the best heritage roses bred, koenigin Von danemark. Who was the Queen? Who Bred the rose? All the answers are here
Rose of the week- Jeanne de Montfort
This week, I look at the beautiful moss rose ‘Jeanne de Montfort’. Finding out all about the Rose, who bred her, then and who she is named after!
Planting herbaceous plants for Butterflies and Bees
One of the joys of my job has to be when clients let me loose with the pencil, colouring pencils and Shoots excellent plant directory to redesign gardens, borders or indeed just add plants and colour to the garden. I love to choose plants that not only look good but also help to encourage more…
Thomas Stone MCI Hort MPGCA 