Category: Cheering up Mondays

An old-fashioned garden pink for today, the start of British Flowers Week celebrating the UK flower-growing industry. This is Dianthus . . .

Rosa ‘Geoff Hamilton’ to start the week – something special just like the man himself.

Some cool white elegance to start the week – pictured on Paul Hervey-Brookes’ 2017 RHS Chatsworth garden. The 2018 show . . .

A rather unusual tree peony spotted on a recent visit to Barnsley House. Rosemary Verey used to call it ‘Burnt . . .

Some pretty pink for a Monday morning – spotted at Bowood House on a recent trip, full report later this . . .

Apple blossom – what’s not to love.

A flamboyant tulip to start the week.

A frilly pink camellia to start the week.

Blossom is one of the delights of spring.

The beautifully marked petals of Streptocarpus ‘Polka-dot Purple’.