#hotelduvin
Tulip filled borders & Wisteria framed windows.

A garden with Hydrangea in shades of pink and yellow, yellow Daylilies, white Alyssum, purple petunias, red Crososmia, and various shapes of green leaves.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMulticoloured

My garden is multicolored. This is from last summer and I’m anxiously awaiting having a colorful garden again instead of the gray blah I have now. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Flowers

With its eye-catching hot pink flowers and robust nature, Osteospermum 'In the Pink' is a captivating addition to any garden. This delightful plant not only adds beauty but also supports a vibrant, low-maintenance garden. A gorgeous plant flowering almost all year round depending on its location.

‘BLUEBELL’
(Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Enchanting and iconic, bluebells are a favourite with the fairies and a sure sign spring is in full swing. The violet glow of a bluebell wood is an incredible wildflower spectacle.

Early flowering tulips 🌷 ❤️

Late winter colour, the Helleborus consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. Many hellebore species are poisonous.

Wonderfully reminiscent of Van den Berk Boomkwekerijen during the winter.

Tuscany, Italy

#CypressTrees #Tuscany #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ScenicRoute #NaturePhotography #RuralBeauty #Landscape #Monochrome #TravelPhotography #RoadToNowhere

Spring will be here soon so prepare your wild seed mixture diligently to generate the maximum impact for your borders but more importantly the local wildlife.
#Pollination zones are very important whenever you’re planning a garden.

How cheering witch-hazel is at this time of year, with its warm colours and spicy scent. Hamamelis mollis was collected by plant-hunter Charles Maries in Jiujiang in 1879 for Veitch's Nurseries. It languished in nursery rows for years until it was noticed, propagated, and put on the market in 1902.

Flowers in shades of red, purple and pink, and lots of greenery.

Looking out over a garden with pink and purple flowers and a blue post with hanging baskets.

A dining table under a pergola covered in Wisteria.

Flowers and shades of pink and white.

🌱 #gardening #flowers
#FlowersonFriday #Bloomscrolling

Pictures from late spring last year. Can’t wait to see these again.

Hellebores For Your Winter Garden YouTube video by Rosy Hardy Gardening

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A butterfly with its wings spread sitting on a pink zinnia.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBB 🌱 #Butterfly A butterfly breakfasts on a beautiful bloom.

Throwback Thursday to sunlit summer days and roses with companions:
Ballerina & Erigeron, Sweet Honey & Penstemon, Buff Beauty & Foxgloves, Whiter Shade of Pale & Penstemon.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱

Black and white English setter sitting in a garden. There are petunias in shades of pink and purple and yellow daylilies.

Zinnias In various shades of pink and orange

Pink Dianthus that purple clustered Bellflower

Purple Veronica ground cover, white and pink, tulips and crab apple trees

#FlowersonFriday 🌱 some random pictures from my garden over the years.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!

A London underground carriage decorated with festive Christmas greenery and lanterns, 1920s.

'Christmas Rose or Black Hellebore', illustration from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine 1787.

In medieval times the plant was called Christe Herbe because of its association with the nativity.

Fruit picking in Tiptree & Sons' Colchester orchards, early 1930s. Most of the pickers were women, although it is unlikely they usually wore the immaculate Mary-Janes, lisle stockings and cloches shown in this promotional photo! © Tiptree Heritage Centre.

A large white pergola over a brick sidewalk lined with green bushes.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWhite A white pergola at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in 2023 🌱

'Japanese' chrysanthemum from the 1880s, when variegated chrysanthemums were the height of fashion and specialist shows brightened the dreary early winter months.

#morebeesplease #insect #insects #insectphotography #macro #macrophotography #pollinators

'Bethnal Green Allotment', Charles Ginner, 1943, Manchester City Art Gallery. When this picture was commissioned by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, Ginner was in his mid-sixties and a veteran Official War Artist of two world wars.

Still exploring the world of spiders.
I bet most have never witnessed the insane speed and precision of a spider wrapping up its prey.
It is incredible!

#macro #photography

Walled vegetable garden, in summer, with trees in the background

Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons - acrylic on board, by English painter, Michael Kidd

More of this artist's imaginative and quirky paintings, here: www.michaelkidd.net

#art #acrylics #landscapes #gardens

Petunias in shades of purple with bright red geraniums.

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVForVibrant

'Sussex Apples', Henry Herbert la Thangue, 1906, private collection