Tag: Cheering up Mondays

Rosa ‘Harlow Carr’ to brighten a Monday morning.

Starting the week with some blazing colour from Campsis ‘Indian Summer’.

This rather gorgeous lily is ‘Rafael’, given to me by WH Hyde & Son to trial with Dalefoot’s new bulb . . .

Something exotic for a heatwave Monday. This Callistemon, or bottlebrush, was spotted in a summer container at Gidleigh Park in . . .

Rosa ‘St Ethelburga’ pictured at last year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. I’m hoping to see lots of roses . . .

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 . . .