July 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere

[johnralphcarpenter]

Another rose bred using Rosa persica: Rosa 'Allisar, Princess of Phoenicia'

The flowers darken as they age.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Dahlia 'New Baby'. Seems appropriate at the moment.

[Maggi Young]

Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on July 25, 2013, 02:03:32 PM

    Another rose bred using Rosa persica: Rosa 'Allisar, Princess of Phoenicia'

The flowers darken as they age.

A attractive transformation, Ralph.

[Maggi Young]

Dahlia 'New Baby'. Seems appropriate at the moment.

First mention of  the recent British  royal arrival, Ralph - do  you think young Prince George might grow up to be a gardener?

[David Nicholson]

..................... do  you think young Prince George might grow up to be a gardener?

I think his eyes will be set on other occupations

[Maggi Young]

I think his eyes will be set on other occupations

His eyes can be set wherever he likes - but given the long wait his grandfather is having for the "top job" and with his father already waiting in the wings ( dontcha love that flying/air force allusion there? )- wee George will surely have a lot of years to fill before his turn comes  - plenty time to develop as a gardener!

[David Nicholson]

His eyes can be set wherever he likes - but given the long wait his grandfather is having for the "top job" and with his father already waiting in the wings ( dontcha love that flying/air force allusion there? )- wee George will surely have a lot of years to fill before his turn comes  - plenty time to develop as a gardener!

Doubt if I shall see it, mind you I might be struggling to see William on the throne. (Should I have re-phrased that?)

[johnralphcarpenter]

I'm sure his Grandfather will encourage him to garden. Went to Highgrove in June - fantastic, thoroughly recommended. Apparently, according to our guide, HRH drives the Head Gardener mad because wherever he goes he sees things he wants to incorporate in the garden. Its a very eclectic mix. And of course he has Birkhall on Deeside as well.

[Maggi Young]

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was very fond of her gardens too - and she was the Patron of the SRGC.

Colin Crosbie ( Wisley Curator, Scot and SRGC member )  was the youngest head gardener at a royal garden when worked for the Queen Mother at Royal Lodge in the 1980s and  she had a pretty garden at the Castle of Mey, too as well as at  Birkhall.

[krisderaeymaeker]

The moment this Heterotheca jonesii flowers it means that it is really summer !

[ranunculus]

Beautiful. 

[johnralphcarpenter]

.Colin Crosbie ( Wisley Curator, Scot and SRGC member )  was the youngest head gardener at a royal garden when worked for the Queen Mother at Royal Lodge in the 1980s .....

HRH's Head Gardener at Highgrove is Canadian, which is almost Scottish, Canada being the Scotland of North America!

[Brian Ellis]

I don't know whether it is true or not, but we were told that the gardens of the Queen Mother's properties were timed to be at their best in the season that she used them (seems sensible to me).  This meant primarily pink flowers would be in bloom whenever she arrived at whichever garden, pink being her favourite colour.

[Maggi Young]

Standard practice with estates where owners are only resident at certain times of year to have pretty much the whole garden biased towards maximum impact when the boss is expected to be around. Lots of evidence of this in Scotland where so many places are only used in certain seasons so concentration on favourite colours etc aimed at peak residence time.
Got to have the place reasonably ship shape outside the expected times, of course, but main focus is for the major visiting period in a great many houses.

[johnw]

pink being her favourite colour.

Or was that clear with a twist of lemon?