I asked Peter Williams for some recent
pictures of his garden to supplement a post I was intending to write and
promptly lost my own contribution in the wilds of my computer! It would be a
pity to waste Peter’s lovely pictures. Here they are with a few of my own
captions
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This plant is a 'must' for any garden. It provides golden colour all of the year. When in flower the orange blossom scent is gorgeous. It needs to be in full light to perform. In shade it is green |
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Jack Frost is better in Spring. My friend David Willis is the breeder of 'White' Swan' which is nationally popular. David's plant recently died and Peter gave him a new one! |
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Note the smooth line of the lawn and shallow easily maintained edges |
Peter has help with his garden design by his former student and friend Julie. She is the one who described his former planting 'Morecombe and Wise'
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I have in my own garden a strong stand of The Bishop of Llandalf series. Fortunately no early frost is forecast before my Open day this Sunday |
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Choose your varieties of kniphophia carefully and have flowers right through the Summer |
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You will find no stakes in Peter's herbaceous borders |
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Is the lily a 'volunteer' in the middle of the rudbeckia? I don't think Julie will approve |
Other Peter posts can be found under Peter
Williams in the themes column.
Final Reminder!
I'm afraid that we can't make your open day this year.
ReplyDeletePeter's garden looks lovely.
Sorry we won't see you and Martyn this time Sue.
Delete(phew, the pressure is off!)
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DeleteI hope all goes well - hopefully we will make it next year!
DeleteIt would be wonderful to visit your open day! I know Littlethorpe Manor will be hosting another such day, like the one my sister, sister-in-law and I went to during our holidays in July/August. If you weren't hosting your own, I'd recommend a visit.
ReplyDeleteWonderful garden - more a park, actually, by the size of it!
I hope you can make it then. If you do please have a word.
DeleteI know Littlethorpe quite well. I have blogged about flower arranger Jackie Barbers garden - which she opens -and also Littlethorpe clay on my very recent post.
It's a long time since I have seen wonderful Littlethorpe manor
Good luck and sunshine on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThe day before and after were awful weather. The actual day was brilliant! Sun shines on the righteous!
DeleteI think Peter will have been very pleased with what you have done, hope all went really well with your open day.
ReplyDeleteIt went great Alistair. 175 visitors A lovely lady called Lily had lived in the house 60 years ago as an eight year old girl.I wished I had asked her more than I did. Never thought it would make a post - missed my chance unless she comes back as invited with her sister
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